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The Compromise of 1850
5 acts in which:
-Texas surrender sits claim to New Mexico, transferred its debt to the federal government, and retained the Texas Panhandle. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
States of Kansas and Nebraska were formed -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent political conflicts between Free Staters and anti-slavery -
The Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court decided that Africans, whether slaves or free, could not be American citizens -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of seven debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Douglas Stephens. -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln is elected president in 1860 -
Fort Sumter
Fort whereupon the first shots fire at were those that started (also the first battle of) the American Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run
Also known as the First Battle of Manassas -
Harper's Ferry
Town in Virginia that changed sides eight times in the war -
Battle of Antietam
Part of the Marlyand Campaign, it was the first majour battle of the Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln declaring the freedom of slaves in the elven Confederate states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle fought in Gettysburg, and regularly described as the turning point of the war, but many casualties were sufferred -
Gettysburg Address
One the greatest American speeches ever delivered, by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg after the battle -
Andersonville Prison
A prison ordered by Majour Henry Wirz that was overcrowded four times its capacity that commited horrible atrocities during the Civil War. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Final battle of Conferate forces under Robert E. Lee before they surrendered the the Union and Ulysses S. Grant. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The day of Good Friday, President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre -
Reconstruction
The Reconstruction of the United states after the war
