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The Compromise of 1850 was the compromise that determined whether the new territories, acquired from the Mexican-American War, would be a slave or free territory.
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It strengthened the pre-existing Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 by enforcing greater penalties for runaways.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty. This cause white, pro-slavery people to flood the territory and make the territory a slave state.
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Dred Scott was a slave who was forced to move from a slave state to a free state, under his master. He then sued for his freedom, where he was then denied.
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John Brown led a group of 21 men on a raid on a federal armory in Harper's Ferry. He took over the federal arsenal and took people hostage. Brown was then captured and hanged six weeks later.
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The Election of 1860 caused a large controversy over the United States. The nominees were Abraham Lincoln, John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas. In the South, Abraham Lincoln didn't have a single vote. This was because he was not on the ballot. Southerners were extremely upset about this.
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South Carolina succeded from the union.
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The idea that the federal government would have no power over the abolition of slavery.
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Dix led a march on Washington in April 1861, for women to be allowed to serve as nurses in the war effort.
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Confederate troops demanded that Union troops evacuate or else Confederate forces would take over the force.
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Union soldiers crossed a small creek called Bull Run to attack Confederates, but the Confederates charged and let out a high pitched battle call known as the "Rebel Yell".
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Two Union generals sailed troops on a fleet of riverboats and captured two key forts.
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Union Victory, lost 23,000 men
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Confederate victory, lost 36,000 lives.
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Lincoln had wanted to submit a draft of an Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to time to be right for such a dramatic move.
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It was fought in and around Gettysburg, Pensalvaina where George Meades Army of the Potomac defeated Robert E. Lee's Army.
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This was the last major military campaign of the civil war. Ulysses S Grant drove the confederate army across the Mississippi into the defense lines surrounding fort Vicksburg.
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The Gettysburg address was given by president lincoln in the dedication of the soldier's national cemetery in Gettysburg Cemetary.
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People fought in and around the mobile bay.
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1865, helped former slaves and poor white people.
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The 13th Amendment was ratified. In the constitution, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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Lincoln died... got shot by John Wilkes Boooth at Ford's Theater.
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The act declared all people born in the states of all colors and races to be free.
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Congress wanted to take reconstruction out of the President's hands, so they passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867.
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Ulysses S. Grant wins the election of 1868
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The amendment granted equal citizenship to all people born in the states and equal protection under the law.
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Made violence and threats towards people's freedom to vote, serve on a jury, or hold office illegal
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This amendment stated that the government could not restrict the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitde.
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A financial crisis in the states.
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Hayes wins after losing the popular vote to Tilden.
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Democrats awarded the victory to hayes if republican agreed to end reconstruction and pull federal troops out of the south