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Polk left to deal with the fallout problems from previous president. The oregon dispuute and texas annexation left up to him as well. It was 15th Presidential election.
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Mexico losses the war and losses half of its nothern territory which is now texas.
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Treay was signed on this date, but not effective until later that May. Eneded the Mexican American war
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People went to california fro gold and minning for economic profit and prosperity. A lot of people come to the area
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The compromise was to balannce the free and slave states when california became a free state, so washigton dc banbed slave trade and the fugative law was put in place.
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The Fugatiive Slave laws were replealed which wasa important to the morth because free slaves could not be returned to the south even if they were free or not.
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The US supreme court ruled that Slaves are not citizens and therfore cannot sue in court and the federal government had no power to regulate slavery.
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The 19th Presidentail election where Abraham Linconn won the election in both popular and electoral votes he is for keeping the union together he was not an abolishionist
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South Carolina secede from the union because the south wanted to keep slavery and they knew with Lincin they had no chance, so they created confederate states of American
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The first shots fired at Fort Sumpter when Lincon sends a ship down the coast and the south fires on the ship.
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All the other states secede from the union
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Ambrose Burside takes over huge loss of troops and technological advances suchas artilary
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Harsh plan on the south proposed by the north it was ment to punish the south
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The civil war ends and the north wins
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The End of Reconstruction as some people see it