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The United States purchased land from France that doubled the size of their country.
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People start moving to California because of all the gold that was there. Since it would upset the balance of slave and free states, President Zachary Taylor tries to bring California in as neither a free nor slave state, which later made the Compromise of 1850.
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Has five parts:
1. California= free state
2. Land won from mexico is open to slavery until they become states, then vote on it.
3. Slave auctions banned in Washington D.C.
4. Texas received 10$ million to not advocate for slavery.
5. Fugitive slave act- tougher punishment on northerners who help slaves escape the south -
Created 2 new states, slavery was left to popular sovereignty, people rushed to new states to vote on slavery. Caused tension, conflicts, and violence.
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After trying to set slaves free, John gets arrested by the Southern government and executed for treason.
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South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas secede from the United States.
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Old southern states named Confederate States of America founded as independent republic.
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First battle in the Civil War. 2,896 northerners and 1,982 southerners die. Very bloody and deadly
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The confederates launch attack on Grant after fleeing original battle. More soldiers died in one day than all the wars combined. Only ninth bloodiest battle. 23,000 people died total
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Lee pushed into north territory and fights General George McClellan. Lee kills/wounds 22,000 men in one day, but he retreats.
McClellan gets fired. -
This was a decree freeing all enslaved people in states still in rebellion.
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7,000 Confederates die in 30 minutes
Union casualties are 23,000
Confederate casualties are 28, 000 (⅓ of Lee’s army) -
William Tecumseh Sherman marches to Atlanta and burns everything to show the south the horrors of war.
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The Thirteenth Amendment bans slavery from everyone forever.
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Lee's continental army surrenders to the union
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divides former confederacy into five military districts.
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He was a great general but a terrible politician, so he left all politics to Congress.
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gives any citizen the right to vote disregarding race, ethnicity, etc.
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Banks go bankrupt, so sets off a deep depression
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Rutherford B. Hayes is elected but it’s disputed. Hayes ends up removing troops from the south.
