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Manafest Destiny
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Mexican American War
Territorial claims by both Mexico and America led to war. -
Mexican American War ends
America obtains Texas -
California Gold Rush
People moved west for gold found in California. Most did not get the gold and went broke. -
Compromise of 1850
Solution to slavery issue proposed by Henry Clay California a free state while new territory in texas would be free -
Republican party created
originally the Whig party that became republican after the Kansas-Nebraska Act -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Problems of the issue with having slavery in their states or not -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery, Free-States and pro-slavery -
Dred Scott v. Stanford Case Decison
Slave challeged his deceased owners right to his land and freedom -
South Carolina leaves Union/election of 1860
Few weeks after Lincoln gets elected they leave -
Confederate States of America formed
Created by states that left the Union -
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Civil War
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Fort Sumter
Start of the Civil War in Charleston SC -
First Battle of Bull Run
Victory for the South the Union Army defeated -
Antietam
Bloodiest day in Civil War North Wins when Lee retreated -
Reconstruction begins
Lincoln sees that the south will loose war and begins reconstruction -
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Reconstruction
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Gettysburg
Turning pointf war Victory for North -
Shermands March
Total War -
KKK
KKK formed terrorizing blacks -
Lee Surrenders
South defeated Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant -
13th
freed all slaves -
Congress vs Lincoln
Congress harsh on South
Lincoln easy on South -
14th Amendment
Citizenship Right to formar slaves -
15th Amendment
All men could vote -
Hayes-Tilden election
Class tensions Hayes wins -
Reconstruction Ends
the Nortern troops leave