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Missouri Compromise
An act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri. -
Compromise of 1850
A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides. The compromise admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves. Part of the Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act, which proved highly unpopular in the North. Senator Henry Clay was a force behind the passage of the compromise. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Neb Act
The act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery. -
Dred Scott Act
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Lincoln/Douglas Debate
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John Brown @ Harper's Ferry
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Election Of Lincoln
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South Carolina Seceeds
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Lincoln is sworn in
March 4, 1861 -
Linclon calls for 75,000 men
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Fugitive Slave Law
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery. -
Start of Civil War
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Santana first learns of the civil war
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Santana learns more about the Civil War
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Battle of Fort Henry
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Battle of Shiloh
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Battle of Philipi
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Big Bethel
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Sevens Days Battle (Beginning)
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Battle of Vicksberg
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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Battle of Ox Hill
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Battle of Richmond
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Battle of Antitiem
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Battle of Santa Rose Island
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Battle of Belmont
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Battle of Fredricksberg