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tried to regulate slavery in the west.
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A war between Mexico and United States. Fought over weither or not Texas ended at the Nueces River or Rio Grande.
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Amended the fugitive slave act, california became a free state, and they abolished slave trade in Washington D.C.
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Federal laws that allowed for the capture of runaway slaves within the territory of the united states
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Created new land called Kansas and Nebraska
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Violent political protests in Kansas involving people who were for slavery
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Charles Sumner said something offensive and a member of congress in North Carolina (Preston Brooks) beat him with a cane.
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A law case that told slaves if they resided in a free state or territory that they were denied their rights
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an attempt by a white man named John Brown to cause an armed slave revolt
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The people split into two different groups and at the end Lincoln was elected
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South Carolina called a convention to be removed from the union. Later, they left the union.
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Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter. The fort was surrendered the next day.
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A plan on how the war would be fought. Affected how the war was fought.
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A battle fought in Maryland by Antietam creek. First major battle of The Civil War
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A proclamation Lincoln made to free the slaves that were still rebelling against union states.
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Considered the biggest battle in the Civil War. Confederacy won.
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An attempt by William Sherman to scare Georgia's citizens into abandoning the Confederate cause.
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Final engagement of the Confederate States. One of the last battles of the Civil Wars