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Election 1844
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. -
Mecican American War
Mexico losses the war and losses half of its nothern territory which is now texas. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidallgo
Treay was signed on this date, but not effective until later that May. Eneded the Mexican American war -
California Gold Rush
People went to california fro gold and minning for economic profit and prosperity. A lot of people come to the area -
Compromise 1850
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. -
Fugatiive Slave Law Repealed
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. -
Dredd Scott vs Sanfrod
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. -
Election 1860
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 -
South Carolina Secede
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 -
Start of civil war at Fort Sumpter
The first shots fired at Fort Sumpter when Lincon sends a ship down the coast and the south fires on the ship. -
The Other Southern States secede
All the other states secede from the union -
Fredricksburg
Ambrose Burside takes over huge loss of troops and technological advances suchas artilary -
Congressional Plan 1864
Harsh plan on the south proposed by the north it was ment to punish the south -
End of Civil War
The civil war ends and the north wins -
RB Hayes Innaguration
The End of Reconstruction as some people see it