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The Missouri Compromise
The missouri compromise led to the civil war because the north and south got into a disagreement about if there should be slavery. -
Civil War
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Dred Scott Decision
This men was a slave that sued his master for his freedom and won but the U.S supreme court said that no negro could be a citizen. This case became known as Dred Scott Decision. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise lead to the civil war because the northern's were upset about the slavery act -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This act were pairs of fedaeral laws that let people capture and return runaway slaves. There were illegally blacks being captured and put into slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This allowed people to decide if there would be slavery in the new state's border. This overturned the Missouri compromise between slave and free countries. -
Bleeding Kansas
This is people rushing to Kansas to influence that there should be slavery. -
‘Bleeding Sumner’ Brooks-Sumner fight
This was when Pro-slavery Preston attacked anit-slavery Charles and he beated this man so bad it lead to the civil war. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
This is when John Brown lead a group of people to destory the instuiton of slavery. -
South Carolina secedes from Union
This lead to the civil war because they divided the north and south and had disagreements about taxes, and state rights. -
Election of 1860
A man named John Brown started a rebillion on salvery in Ferry Virgina. The repubilcans was very mad about the courts descision in dred scott case. This election of 1860 made the sitution worst than what the problem was this spilted into three groups and everyboody had their own opoion on slavery. -
Battle of Fort Sumter, 1861
Mr. Lincoln saw that they was lowing low on food and supplies so he took action. this was the first battle that lead to the civil war. -
The Union’s ‘Anaconda Plan’
This was a plan to defect the confederacy when the civil war first began. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle lead to the civil war because of McClellan plan. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle lasted for three days starting with july first.On July 1st lee planned to take his army to gettyburg. July 2 The union army made strong postions to stop him. July 3 THe battling became a success. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This freed slaves in rebel states, allowed slaves to join the union, and made a symbol of equallity. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
The pupose of this was to scare georgia's population to abanonate the confereate cause. They stool food and lifestock, this hurt southern morale they couldnt fight back. -
Confederate Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
This end the war when robert lee surrended his troops to Ulysses.
