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United states won independace from britain
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Founding Fathers struggled to frame a constition
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11 free and 11 slave states
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territory of Missoui applied to be apart of the union as a slave state.
the northerners were against this as it would be 12 on 11 -
Missouri Compromise
-Missouri would be admited a a slave state
-Maine was to be admitted as a free state
- No furter slavery would be acepted north of the Mason-Dixon line. -
conflict sparked the gold rush territory of california admitted as a free.
- territories of Utah and New Mexico were given permission to determine their own slave policies
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'Uncle Toms Cabin' best seller about a ruthless slave owner Simon Legree and his kindhearted slave uncle tom
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Missouri Compromise was challenged.
Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. the territories of Kansas and Nebraska lay to the north of the mason dixon line and yet were given the right to vote to follow freedom or slavery. -
Northerners were outraged and 'Bleeding Kansas' became a rallying crying for both pro and anti-slavery.
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CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT IN KANSAS
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Kansas Nebraska act appeared as a victory for the northern slave states
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tensions increased, debate intensified when a southern-dominated supreme court ruled that congress had no rights to prhibit slavery in the territories.
Case of Dred Scott -
newspaper reported a rrain on government weapons, John brown a slavery abolitionist intended to distribute weapons to runaway slaves.
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The issue of slavery domintaed the presidential campaigns.
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South Carolina broke away from the union.
Called Secession. Catastrophe for America. -
Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th president.
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By feb the six cotton states had follwed and set up a new nation.
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Fort Sumter surrended.
Fort Sumter in south carolina refused to surrender to the confederates. -
CIVIL WAR BEGUN : Lincoln called for army vollunteers and ordered the navy to blakade the southern ports.
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Lincoln declared all slaves free if they becam members of the union army.
about 180 000 african americans fought. approx. 38 000 died -
END OF CIVIL WAR
one quarter of the soldiers who saw combat did not survive. -
Lincoln made his second inaugural speech as president.
He expressed the need for reconciliation. -
General Robert E lee surrended. the war between the yakees and confederates came to an end.
war cost over 625000 lives and approx 20 billion -
Lincoln was assasinated by an actor John Wilkes Booth.
Andrew Johnson became president. -
Reconstruction Acts of 1867-1868 placed south under military rule until new constitutions were drawn.
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1868-1877 16 african american elected to the house of reps and two to the senates.
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The confederate states of america(six cotton states) elected Jefferson Davis as there president.
Confederate states: issued there own money, raised there own flag and collected their own taxes.