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Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. Described as a network of meetings, places, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in U.S. to escape slave holding states to northern states. -
Compromise of 1850
www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/compromise1850.hml Senate of Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850. Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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'Bleeding Kansas'
Most bloodiest war ever. Border Ruffians raided antislavery. They ravished their homes, burned the Free State Hotel and destroyed the Kansas Free Statenewspaper. The retailation came from John Brown. Five Proslavery Settlers. -
Election of 1860
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Battle Of Bull Run
First major battle of the armies in Virginia. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, drawn up behind Bull Run.
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Battle of Shiloh
General Ulysses S.Grant directed the attack between Fort Henry on Tennessee River and Fort Poneison on the Cumberland River. Horrified both North and South and damaged Grant's rising reputation. -
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Seven Days Battle
www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/seven-days-battles McClellan and his army defended Richmond E. Lee to advantage on McClellan retreated to Washington. Forced the Union to retreat from Richmond. -
Battle Of Antietam
The bloodiest day in American military history ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave President Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation five days later. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed enslaved people in rebel states. It added a moral dimension to the Union cause. -
Lincolns Assassination
Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Booth. Assassination happened at Fords Theatre in Washington D.C. -
Reconstruction
www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_subj.htm Laid out the process for readmitting southern states into the Union.
