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Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States to purchase 828,000 square miles of land that France claimed to own. The U.S. paid 50 million to get the land from France. -
Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 so thet the North and South could have thir own land and decide weather to have slavery or no slavery -
Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln’s blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan, which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. Voters could then elect delegates to draft revised state constitutions and establish new state governments. -
first battle of bull run
The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war, and the Confederates won.The battle shattered the Norths hope of winning the war quickley. -
Fugitive slave act
The Fugitive Slave act made it a crime to help a slave who has run away. It also allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas,and prohibited slaveholders to take suspected fugitives to U.S. commisiners, who decided thier fate.This act caused the Southerners to become mad. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was established in January 1854, by Stephan Douglas. This act was a plan to divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories, Kansas & Nebraska,and allowed the people in each territory to question slavery. The North and South both liked this act because they wre able to decide wether to have slavery or not. -
Seven Days Batttle
On January 26, General Robert E. Lee launched a series of clashes. The battle forced the Union army to retreat from near Richmond.The confederates won hoped to win later battles. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was a battle between the north and south. The North had more than 12,000 casualties, and the Southe endured more than 13,000 casulties. This was the first battle that the N orth had won. -
Siege of Vicksburg
General Grants troops began the Seige of Vicksburg in mid-may 1863, cutting off the city and shelling the city repeatedly.As the food ran out the troops survived by eating hoarses,dogs,and rats. Once tha confederates surrendered General Grant feed the Confederate troops -
Battle at Gettysburg
This war was a ket battle where the Union won and tuned the tide against the Confederates.The battle began on July 1, 1863 when the confederate raiding party and the Union forces excanged fire. -
Freedman's Bureau
Many Northerners who wanted to abolish slavery agreed with the bureau.The southerners did not agree with the bureau eventhough it kind of helped the south by giving the land to the slaves and let them rebuild. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was the war to gain the most control of the Mississippi River Valley. The unin won and took control of the Mississippi River Valley.
