Faith Vazzana- 2.7 Timeline

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  • Missouri Compromise

    This was the beginning of deciding how slavery would be dealt with

  • Monroe Doctrine

    This doctrine made it so the US would not purposely interfere with Britain's government

  • Battle of Alamo

    This was the event that led to the Texas revolution. The United States and Mexico went to war under the Alamo mission.

  • Panic of 1837

    The panic of 1837 occurred when America went into an ​intense financial crisis. This lasted until the 1840s and many suffered.

  • Trail of Tears

    This was a traumatic series of forced relocations of Native Americans

  • Sutter's Fort

    This building was built to host agricultural and trading needs. It was non-indigenous and in the California province​

  • Pre-emtion act

    The US Congress passed this because of high demand in the west. It allowed homeless people to go on preempt land.

  • Bear Flag Revolt

    The bear flag revolt was a group of Californian settlers who rebelled against Mexico and claimed California as an independent state.

  • Mexican-American War

    This was an armed fight to settle a politically undivded land

  • Compromise of 1850

    This compromise was an attempt to get the North and South to settle on what they wanted to do regarding slaves and other controversial laws.

  • Fugitive Slave Law

    This act was passed as a compromise between the southerns who wanted slaves and the northerns who didn't.

  • Gadsden Purchase

    This event is when the United States purchased land that is know parts of Arizona and New Mexico

  • Bleeding Kansas

    This was a civil fight to see if Kansas would be a free or slave state. It ended up being free.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott was an enslaved black man who was unsuccessfully sued because of his freedom.

  • Harper's Ferry

    This is when John Brown leads a small raid on the armory to try and start a slave militia

  • Civil War

    This war was between the confederates and the union to finally decide on how the slaves would be handled. It ended in 1865 when the Union defeated them.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    This historic document showed Abe Lincoln granting all slaves freedom

  • Gettysburg

    The battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle of the civil war. It is considered the point where people realized the south was defeated.

  • Gettysburg Address

    This was the famous speech Abraham Lincoln gave on the battlefield near Gettysburg​.

  • 13th Amendment

    The 13th amendment was created after the civil war ended. It states that slavery will not be tolerated.

  • 14th Amendment

    This important amendment was created to make sure anyone born on American land will automatically become a citizen and have our rights.

  • 15th Amendment

    This was added to make sure everyone has the right to vote regardless of skin color, race, or servitudes.