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Missouri wanted to be admitted into the union as a slave state, so we added Maine as a free state to keep the balance.
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People are now allowed to vote for whether their state should be free or slaved.
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The finding of gold in the California caused a flood of population, causing an imbalance in the slave states to free states ratio.
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South Carolina Secedes from the Union
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Confederate states of america are now an independent republic
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confederates launch a surprise attack on grant
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lee pushes into northern territory
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a decree freeing all enslaved persons
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union fights to control the mississippi river
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A battle in which confederates push the union army back, the union army holds their line, and Lee makes a huge mistake called pickets march.
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Lee pushes General Picket along with 15000 other men to make a massive battle, but this only ended in mass death. 7000 confederates dead in just 30 minutes.
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william sherman scorches his way into atlanta
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Bans slavery forever in the united States.
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Lee surrenders to grant ending the war
generous terms no treason, take food and horses with you. -
senate can review/remove any official appointed by johnson
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all military commands are approved by Ulysses grant.
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divided former confederacy into 5 military districts
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Ulysses S Grant becomes president, and while he was a great president, he was a very bad politician.
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the right to vote shall not be denied on any account of race color or previous condition of servitude.
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Banks go bankrupt which causes a great depression. This is when southern democrats regain power in the house and senate.
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No one truly knows what happens in this, but Rutherford B Hayes is elected but disputed and he removes troops from the south.
