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Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854
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Nat Turner lead a slave revolt which lead to the deaths of 55-65 people. August 21st-August 23rd
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War between Mexico and America which was over money and land and was won by the Americans
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Proposed law that stated that all lands won in the Mexican american war cannot have slaves
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Another compromise that didn't do anything good and made thing worse
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Act that said that southern owners could put escaped slaves back on to the plantation from which they had escaped from.
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Novel on the evils of slavery
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Repealed the Missouri Compromise, create 2 new territories, and started Bleeding Kansas.
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People in Kansas disagreed about slavery and started a bloody rampage against each other.
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Controversial court case that decided that said that slaves must return to their masters.
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Abolitionist John Brown and his sons led a raid on Harpers' Ferry. The biggest national arsenal at the time. He hoped to start a slave rebellion but ended up getting caught and hung.
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The Confederate States are founded and the Civil War is set in motion.
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Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States.
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South Carolina is the first state to leave the Union and one of the founding states of the confederacy.
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The first battle of the civil war, no casualties on either side.
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Single most bloodiest day in the Civil War. Union Victory
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The Union pound the Confederates for 3 days straight until they achieve the victory
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For the entire summer of 1863 the rebels are under siege in the town of Vicksburg by the Union.
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The court house where the Rebels surrendered to the Union.