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U.S purchased land from the French. Paid 15 million dollars.
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North and south are debating whether missouri should be a northern or southern state. Missouri became southern state but anything above was northern.
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Nat Turner rebels against slave owners with the help and support of other slaves.
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Wanted infepdendence from Mexico because of injustice/unfairness. Mexico required the Texans to follow the Catholic religion.
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Ended the Mexican-American War. Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the U.S. U.S. agreed to pay $15 million for the Mexican cession.
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Control the spread of slavery in territories in order to keep the balance of free and slave states everywhere.
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Dred Scott (Missouri slave) His master died and he claimed himself no longer a slave. The chief and justices sent Dred Scott back into slavery. “Slaves were property, not people” Citizens disagreed with the decision. Court plummeted in public prestige.
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South Carolina declared its succession and then formed the Confederacy
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Fort Sumter
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It was the first major battle in the Civil War to take place on Union ground. Known as the bloodiest battle. Many were wounded, killed, and missing.
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From May 18-July 4, 1863. Battle between the Confederacy and Union. Union was trying to caputure Vicksburg.
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Battle between Union and Confederates during the American Civil War. A turning point in the war. Many were killed.
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In a Virginia village called Appomattox Court House.
