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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Henry Clay. It has 5 sections:
- CA enters as a free state
- NM-TX border dispute settled in favor of NM
- All other lands gained from Mexico will use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
- Slave trade banned in DC
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
- a fiction, anti-slavery novel
- added fuel to anti-slavery feelings with its description of slavery as a cruel and inhuman system
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Bleeding Kansas
- John Brown led his sons to kill five pro-slavery people
- Brown did this because he believed god sent him to end slavery
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Dred Scott Decision
- Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American in a slave state
- the family who owned him then moved to a free state and Scott sued for his freedom
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- the main topic of the debates was slavery
- Lincoln said that slaves are equal to whites
- this gave Lincoln a reputation which would cost him his election
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Raid on Harpers Ferry
- Southerners began to feel threatened by growing Republican power
- the abolitionist, John Brown, led 18 men into a arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia to raid it
- 5 pro-slavery Kansans were killed
- the raid was financed by abolitionists
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Election of 1850
- slavery caused a break in the Democratic party
- Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln won by a clear majority; 180 out of 303
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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina secedes from Union. -
Mississippi Secedes
Mississippi secedes from the Union. -
Florida Secedes
Florida secedes from the Union. -
Alabama Secedes
Alabama secedes from the Union. -
Georgia Secedes
Georgia secedes from the Union. -
Louisiana Secedes
Louisiana secedes from the Union. -
Texas Secedes
Texas secedes from the Union. -
The Confederate States of America are Formed
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Battle of Fort Sumter
- was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War
- after a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and his 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13
- Confederate troops then occupied Fort Sumter for four years, resisting several bombardments by Union forces
- the Confederacy won
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First Battle of Bull Run
- The First Battle of Bull Run (also known asBattle of First Manassas, the name used by Confederate forces), was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
- each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and led troops
- the Confederacy won
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Monitor vs. Merrimack
- the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, often called either the The Battle of Hampton Roads or the Battle of Ironclads, was arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War, as it sparked the use of navies
- was planned by the Confederacy to break the Union's blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities from trade
- neither side won
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Battle of Shiloh
- 40,000 of General Albert Sidney Johnston's Confederate soldiers went into the nearby woods and attacked a line of Union soldiers near Pittsburg Landing
- eventually, the Confederacy surrounded the Union's troops and captured, killed, or wounded most
- General Johnston was wounded and killed in this battle and later replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard
- was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time
- the Union won
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Capture of New Orleans
- was naval action by the Union's forces to capture the city of New Orleans
- this capture of the largest Confederate city was a major turning point for the Union
- the Union Won
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Battle of Antietam
- The Battle of Antietam, (also known as Battle of Sharpsburg, the name used by Confederate forces), was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil
- it is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing
- the Union won
