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this law was passed by president Clay. It stated that California would be admitted as a free state, New Mexico and Utah territories would be decided, no sale of slaves in Washington D.C, Texas would give up claim to the New Mexico territory, and most importantly, the fugitive slave act
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Was a series of violent political confrontations between 1854-1861 between anti-slavery abolitionist and pro-slavery border ruffian.
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republican party forms, protesting slavery
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Senator Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner in the senate chambers
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In the dredd Scott case of 1857. chief justice Roger Taney's response was that slaves were not citizens,but private property, and therefore could not sue.
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was a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas mostly on the topic of slavery.
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John brown led his his men to attack the arsenal in harpers ferry, Virginia. It was not successful.
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In this election, the democratic party split over the issue of slavery, the republicans nominated Lincoln, without winning any electoral votes from the south. When this happens, South Carolina secedes from the union.
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Lincoln sends medicine and supplies to the fort. After this, P.G.T. Beauregard opens fire on the fort. No one is killed, and the fort surrenders.
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It was the first official battle of the war, and was fought in Virginia, which was a confederate victory. This is where Stonewall Jackson got his nickname.
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Union(Grant) defeats confederacy(Johnston) in the west in Shiloh with nearly 25,000 killed.
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In this battle, Lee invades the north. when the union finds out about his plans, They attack, and the battle is a stalemate with nearly 12,000 dead in the first 3 hours.
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After the Battle of Antietam Lincoln sets his Emancipation Proclamation into gear in order for the south to not receive help from foreign countries
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Union(Burnside) suffers crushing defeat in the most one sided battle of the war. Union lost 13,000, while the confederacy(Lee) only lost 5,000.
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Union led by Hooker was defeated by Lee by a 12-mile surprise attack in the woods. This will be Lees greatest victory.
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This battle was the turning point of the war. When the south was looking for supplies, they found themselves in another battle. It was a union victory(George Meade) against the confederacy(Robert E Lee) with nearly 50,000 dead.
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In this battle, the south is cut in half and the north gains access to Mississippi.
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Lincoln defeats McClellan in the election of 1864, ending any peace negotiations with the south.
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Sherman's army was a military campaign that had marched through the south (Georgia) burning cities and destroying farms.
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the 13th amendment had banned slavery, except as a punishment or a crime.
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Was the final battle, and Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox courthouse.
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Five days after the war, at fords theater, Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth, a southern sympathizer.
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After Lincoln was killed, Andrew Johnson, the vice president, became president.
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Shortly after the war, the Ku Klux Klan is founded by Nathan Bedford Forest. This extremist group advocated white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration and still do this to this day.
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the Jim Crow laws divided the nation. To this day, we still experience conflict between both races, but the reconstruction had ended slavery and freed 4 million people from slavery.
