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would ban slavery in new lands gained from Mexico
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California admitted as free state. New Mexico and Utah could decide. No sale of slaves in Washington D.C. Fugitive slave act required citizens to apprehend.
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Popular sovereinty voters to decide. 1855 two capitals established. Violence in the senate.
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In 1854, Republican party forms, protesting slavery. James Buchanan defeats John C. Fremont. Dred scott decision of 1857, Chief Justice Roger taneys response "Slaves were private property and thus no decision needs to be made
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Expansion of slavery in territories. Douglas wins the election.
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Democratic party splits over issue of slavery. Republican nominate Lincoln. Lincoln wins without winning any electoral votes from the south(gets 39% popular votes).
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population-North 70% South 29%
Railroad mileage- North 71% South 29%
Manufacturing- North 86% South 14%
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Union winning until Thomas "Stonewall" Jacksons virginia made a stand.
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April, Battle of Shiloh grant and Buell defeat Johnstons CSA(nearly 25,000). Naval "Blockade" Captures New Orleans. In March, Monitor vs Merrimack(CSA) neither doing much damage. Lee defeats McClellan, in seven days battle, Richmond protected.
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Attack in Antietam, Maryland. Lee invades the north. CSA orders found wrapped around some cigars. And 12,000 killed in the first 3 hrs.
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Free all enslaved people in rebellious states. Keeps foreign help for CSA away. The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln.
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Cuts the south in half. Union forces waged a campaign to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lay on the east bank of the Mississippi River, halfway between Memphis to the north and New Orleans to the south.
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The KKK became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. Its members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and black Republican leaders.
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Grant wins. Grant won convincingly in the Electoral College, but the popular vote margin was only about 300,000. With 500,000 black votes cast, it was clear that former slaves provided the margin of victory.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play, Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
