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Born in maryland she was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad
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Henry clay proposed a series of agreements stating Under these agreements, Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. The rest of the Louisiana Territory was split into two parts. The dividing line was set at 36°30´north latitude. South of the line, slavery was legal. North of the line except in Missouri slavery was banned.
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stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
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Stephen F Ausitn established a colony where there was no Drinking, profanity, and no idling. This colony was made possible by provinding land grants (297 total) to settlers so they could start farms and thrive.
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Mexico abolished slaver so when the colonists settled in texas they demanded them to set their slaves free
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the movement to abolish slavery, became the most important of a series of reform movements in America.
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William Lloyd Garrison wrote it and it was about immediate emmacipation.
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Turner and over 50 followers attacked four plantations and killed about 60 whites. Whites eventually captured and executed
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Santa Ana imprisioned him for stirring up the texas revolution.
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Determined for the texas settlers to obey mexican law Santa Ana marched his soldiers towards San Antonio while Austin and his followers armed themselves. The rebels ended up winning even after a rough start and Sam Huston was elected president of the republic of texas
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. Blazed the trail and By driving their wagon as far as Fort Boise they proved that wagons could
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Phrase saying that the US is going to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory.
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Mexicos government refused to settle boreder disputes with the united states so Polk sent US troops to texas and claimed it as their own.
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Fredrick Douglas wrote a newspaper about antislavery
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This treaty was singed to end the Mexican American war and establishing the Rio Grande and not the Nueces River as the U.S.-Mexican border.
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1846-1848 The Mexican government was encouraging border raids and warning that any attempt at annexation would lead to war. The US wanted to keep expanding even though the North didn't want texas because it would be a slave state. WAR BROKE OUT but then ended with the treaty of GUADALUPE HIDALGO
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Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor. She helped black slaves to freedom in the North through safe houses and many dangerous journies
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slave state of Texas claimed the eastern half of the New Mexico Territory, where the issue of slavery had not yet been settled. To please the North, the compromise provided that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South, the compromise pro- posed a new and more effective fugitive slave law.
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fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury. Plus anyone con- victed of helping a fugitive was liable for a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for up to six months.
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Proposed by Stephen Douglas to help divide the Nebraska Territory into slavery and non slavery sections
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Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that stressed slavery was not just a political but a moral struggle.
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He was a slave who was taken into a free territory of illnois with his owner and took to court that he should be free but the court ruled against him
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Douglas believed in popular sovereignty. Lincoln, believed that slavery was immoral. Douglas won the senate seat but lincoln later went on to run for president.
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John Brown lead 21 men into Hapers ferry Virgina and wanted to start a slave uprising but he got caught and was immediatly hung
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He said he would halt slave expansion but wouldn't interfere with current slaves in the south. Sitll the south hated him and he often didnt appear on ballots there.
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Jefferson davis was president of the Confedercy (South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.)
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This was the beggining of the struggle between the North and the south. The north had the first victory and took fort sumter.
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Battled at a creek called Antietam. Bloodiest single day battle in history. Confederates managed to get into virginia.
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Speech to state that slaves would be free even though it didn't directly affect the confedercy.
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25 miles from Washington DC Stonewall Jackson lead the confederates to the first southern victory.
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a draft that forced men to serve in the army
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a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income.
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Grant leading the Union began weakening the Confederates and managed to take Vicksburg which was the state capital.
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Near the town of gettysburg turned the tides of war when the north finally won the three day battle with Lee in charge
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Speech made to unify the UNITED STATES!!
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Sherman began his march southeast through Georgia to the sea, creating a wide path of destruction. He was determined to wipe out general Lee
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“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly con- victed, shall exist within the United States.” (basically saying no slavery)
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Grant paroled Lee’s soldiers and sent them home with their possessions and three days’ worth of rations. Within a month all remaining Confederate defiance ended. CIVIL WAR IS OVER! :)
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John Wilks Booth assinated Lincoln in Fords Theater because he was a southern sympathaiser.
