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california gold rush
this upset the balance in congress -
the compromise
the rise of bitterness in the south -
Criterion's compromise
guaranteed slavery -
South Carolina
voted to leave the union -
Finding the Confederacy
guaranteed slavery in every state -
Fort Sumter
civil war -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederates launch attack on grant
23,000 dead in two days -
Battle of Antietam
Lee pushes into northern territory, fights union
lee kills/sounds 22,000 men in one day -
Emancipation Proclamation
A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863 -
Vicksburg
Union fights to control the Mississippi rivers
Last major confederate base
Plan to cut off food/supplies -
The Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln Gave a speech after the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery. -
Sherman's March
William Tecumseh Sherman scorches his way to Atlanta
Burns everything:railroads, warehouses, mills, Factories Farms -
Freedom's Bureau
Feeding an clothing war refugees-30,000 meals a day -
13th Amendment
abolish of slavery -
Appomattox court house
the court house -
Ford's Theater
Lincoln was assassinated. -
Military Reconstruction Act
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coomand of the army act
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Tenure of Office Act
Restricts the President of the united states -
15th Amendment
Voting rights
