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The Missouri Compromise was an effort to preserve the power in Congress between free and slave states.
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Nat Turner lead a rebellion of black slaves in Southampton County, Virginia. This led to more oppressive legislation prohibiting education, movement and assembly of enslaved people.
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The war with Mexico was a border dispute between the US and Mexico, which resulted in an armed conflict.
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Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land gained from the Mexican War.
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The Compromise of 1850 were 5 laws that were passed that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was apart of The Compromise of 1850, which required all run away slaves to be returned to their owners.
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Uncle Toms Cabin is an anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, "it helped lay the ground work for the civil war."
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory. It also led to the establishment of the Republican party.
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The Dred Scott Decision was a landmark decision that was made by the US Supreme Court, which ruled any slave in a free state, were still considered enslaved.
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John Brown's Raid was on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people.
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South Carolina Secedes from the Union because the Norths views were different than the Souths views on slavery.
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The Formation of the Confederate States of America was created when 7 of the Southern states seceded from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln elected president which made him the 19th president of the US, he was elected out of a four way contest.
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The Battle at Fort Sumter was a 34 hour exchange of artillery fire. The Confederates fired for 3 and a half days before the Union (Fort Sumter) surrendered.
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Anitetam was a very deadly battle between the Union and Confederates. And with the Union victory, it provided Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The Battle at Vicksburg ended in another win for the Union and the Unions control over the Mississippi river, which ultimately gave them the upper hand for the rest of the war.
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The Battle at Gettysburg was the turning point in the civil war because Robert E. Lees plan to invade the North failed and ended in another Union victory.
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The Battle at Appomattox Court House started because federal troops cut off Robert E. Lees supplies for his army, which brought Robert to them. The Union the surrounded them. Messages were soon exchanged and an agreement was made. Three days later, the surrender was made.
