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Western Expansion
As the expansion continued the argument over free states and slave states heated up. -
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Comprimise of 1850
The Comprise, created by Henry Clay, was to try to avoid the impending war with the north and south. -
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Failed Comprimise
The Crittendens Compromise guaranteed slavery where it already existed and tried to Reinstate the Missouri Compromise. -
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Withdrawn
South Carolina withdraws from Union -
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Confederacy founded
Confederate states of America was founded as an independent republic -
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Bull Run Battle
The Battle of Bull Run was a brutal one 25 from Washington DC and the people watched in HORROR....... -
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Battle of Shiloh
Confederates launch a surprise attach on Grant the end result is there are more men killed than the War of 1812 and WW1 combined -
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Battle of Antietam
Lee pushes into Union territory fights union and Union eventually retreats -
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Emancipation Proclamation
Frees all slaves for states (including still in the rebellion) -
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Vicksburg
union fights to control Mississippi River so they fought the Vicksburg confederate base and sieges take place for 3 months -
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Sherman's March
William Tecumseh Sherman burns stuff 60 MILES WIDE
from Atlanta to Savannah -
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13th Amendment
bans slavery FOREVER -
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Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant which ends the war with generous terms they feed their troops and cloth them etc. -
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Freedman's Bureau
feeding and clothing refugees and helps slaves find work and negotiate labor contracts and provides education for them -
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ASSASINATION
Lincoln is assassinated by Mr. Booth (JWB) -
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Military Reconstruction Act
Divides the country into 5 districts and ratify the 14th Amendment
and African Americans can vote and the Unions Military will control the south till the requirements are made -
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15th Amendment
the right to vote is for ALL races so African Americans can vote -
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New Pres.
Ulysses S. Grant is the new president -
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PANIC!!!!
Banks go bankrupt and sets of FULL ON DEPRESSION -
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Compromise
Nobody really knows