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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ends the mexican American war gains 1.2 million square miles and sparks the compromise of 1850 -
compromise of 1850
california is admitted as a free state, new mexico and utah could decide to be a free or slave state, no sale of slaves in Washington D.C., texas would give up claim to new Mexico territory, and the fugitave slave Act would all be results of this -
Gadsden puchase
a purchase of land to construct railroads -
Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854
created popular sovereignty to allow voters to decide to be either a free or slave state -
Dread Scott Case
The legal definition of a slave is determined as property and not a person so slaves could not sue -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election and south Carolina is the first state to leave the united states. when Lincoln was sworn into office 6 other states left the United states forming the Confederate states of America. -
Battle of fort sumter
A military base in the south controlled by the north was ordered to be taken by Jefferson Davis this is the first act of war igniting the civil war -
First Battle of Bull Run
union was defeated by general Thomas Stonewall Jackson in Virginia. -
Battle of Richmond
general lee defeats general McClellan for the first time in 7 days -
Battle of shiloh
General Grant and Buell defeat Johnston's army killing around 25,000 people total -
The Draft
The first Conscription Act, passed by the Confederate Congress made all white males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five eligible to be drafted into military service. -
battle of Fredericksburg
This battle was fought between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, -
Battle of Antietam
lee invaded the north to be met by McClellan and battled to a draw with the south retreating it is considered a Union victory and allowed President Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves in rebellious states. -
The Battle of chancellorsville
this battle is known as General lee's greatest victory in the war but also known as the war that killed general Thomas "stonewall" Jackson -
Gettysburg
this battle is known as the turning point of the war that ensures the confidence that the north will win the war. -
vicksburg
the fall of vicksburg was very crucial because it cut the south in half -
election of 1864
Lincoln is reelected ending any hope of a negotiation for peace for the south. -
Sherman's march to the sea
this was first time in America that civilian' houses and towns were targeted. Sherman marched from Atlanta to savannah burning down cities and towns. -
freedman's bureau
This government funded organization set out to help the newly freed slaves so they weren't treated as unfairly as they once were. -
end of the war
general lee surrenders to grant in Virginia at Appomattox courthouse -
The assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilks Booth at a theater leaving Andrew Johnson to take over as President -
13th Amendment
the 13th Amendment abolished all slavery in America -
kkk
this terror organization was called the klu klux klan and was formed on the soul fact of hating black people -
14th Amendment
this Amendment stated that everyone who was born in the United States was automatically a citizen and that all former CSA politicians and generals could not hold any form of office -
15th Ammendment
This Amendment states that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on color or race or previous servitude
