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The Missouri Compromise
It was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri -
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The Mexican War
A war between Mexico and U.S. stemming from the U.S. annexation. -
The compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was the fugitive slave act amended and where the slave trade was abolished. California entered the union as a free state and a territiorial governemnt was created in Utah. -
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Bleeding Kansas
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Kansas-Nebraska act
Slavery would have been outlawed in both territories After months of debate the act passed. -
Bleeding Summer Brookes Sumner fight
United States Congress, Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with his walking cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free. -
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John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860 and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. -
South Carolina secedes from union
South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession and later formed the Confederacy. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War -
Anaconda Plan
iIt is the plan widely applied to an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War -
Battle of Anttietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign -
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Emancipation Proclomation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War -
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Sherman's march to sea
Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia. -
Confederate Surredner at Appomattox