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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about slavery. The book was published in March 20, 1852. It changed the view of slavery to Americans in the North.
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Kansas-Nebraska
Picture InformationThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was the opposite of the Missouri Compromise. It created a huge war in "Bleeding Kansas", Kansas, against people who apose slavery and those who was with slavery. -
Dred-Scott
The Dred-Scott case ended the Missouri Compromise. This issue made a huge rivalry between the North && the South which lead to the civil war.
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Election of 1860
[Picture](lincolngroup.org)[Information](www.tulane.edu/~latner/Background/BackgroundElection.html)Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas were the candiates for the United States in 1860. Lincoln won the election. When President Lincoln took over office he abolish slavery and 11 southern states had seceed. -
Confederate States of America
InformationPictureThe South was known as "The Confederate States of America." The Confederate States of America was considered as a country. They dislike the Union, North, because they believed in African American rights & freedom. -
Emancipation Proclamation
InformationEmancipation Proclamation was signed on September 22, 1862. It was an excutive order issued by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. It freed all the slaves from slavery that were in the Southern states except the border states. -
Gettysburg Address
PictureInformationGettysburg Address is a 5 minute speak that Lincoln gave on November 19, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speak described that all people were equal & it ended the Civil War. -
Freedman's Bureau
[Information](sonofthesouth.net)This program was created by Congress. It helped recently enslaved slaves. It help them find jobs, clothes and food; but not land. The slaves were giving their homes on their old plantation. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Appomattox Courthouse was the place that the ended the Civil War. The Southerns were there buying shoes when the Union military office spotted them. Robert E. Lee, the southern leader, surrendered because his troops didnt have enough supplies -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The murder was at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. After his assassination his Vice President, Andrew Johnson, took over office was impeached -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was made for all slaves. It became part of the constution on December 6, 1865. It established that all African American could not be slaves. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection. This amendment was mainly for African Americans. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment gave the right to all men to vote. Any white males weather they had property or not && all black males -
Election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden ran for office . The Compromise of 1877 was a deal that lead Hayes to win. This is one of the four election where the popular votes was overruled. Colorado became a state
