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Declared all states above this line free states and all states below slave states.
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Nat Turner along with fellow slaves rebelled and killed many people.
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This was an unsuccessful proposal to outlaw slavery in the newly acquired territory won from mexico.
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The war was over land disputes. Mexico thought we crossed their border and we thought they crossed our border. In the end we took half their land.
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Helped decide whether the new territory acquired in the Mexican war would be slave or free. California entered as free and the fugitive slave law was amended.
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This law stated that all slaves that escaped to the north had to be returned to their owners in the south.
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Book published on slavery on plantations in the south. Made many people question whether slavery was right or not because of the harsh conditions related in the book.
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The Kansas-Nebraska enacted popular sovereignty by letting the people in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether they would like to allow slavery in their state or not. There ended up being 4 times the votes as there were voters in the states.
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Dred Scott sued for his freedom. His owner took him to a free state and died so Scott took the case to the courts and the courts said he could not sue since he was not a citizen of the USA and they ruled the Missouri compromise unconstitutional.
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John Brown was viewed as a martyr in the north and a terrorist to the south. He and his 5 sons tried to raid a federal arsenal and organize a slave uprising. His sons died and he was captured. No slaves helped him.
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Abraham Lincoln won the presidential race without a single southern vote. Southerners thought he was going to abolish slavery.
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After Lincoln is elected president the southern states think he is going to abolish slavery and decide to leave the country. South Carolina is the first.
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The Confederate States of America were formed when the southern states wanted slavery and the north didn't want it. They go on to fight the union in the civil war.
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Bleeding Kansas was a series of bloody fights in Kansas over whether slavery was going to be outlawed or allowed.
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This event marks the start of the civil war. The union occupied fort is defeated by confederate soldiers. First confederate victory.
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Battle of the civil war fought in Maryland. Union victory. 23,000 total deaths.
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The battle of Gettysburg happened in Pennsylvania and had the largest number of casualties in the whole war. The Union won this battle.
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Union victory. This cemented the reputation of General Grant.
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This was one of the last battles of the civil war. The signing of the surrender documents also happened here.
