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This let California a free state, but then allowed the newly acquired territories to choose if they want o be a free state or a slave state.This then made the Fugitive Slave Act which provided the southern slave holders with legal weapons to catch the slaves that escape to free states.This compromise was made by Henry Clay.
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This allowed citizens in the Kansas and Nebraska land to decide whether to allow slavery or not
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A case that gave slave owners the right to take their slaves to the Western part of America.African Americans where property so Dred Scott was still a slave.
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John Brown raids Harper's Ferry to start armed African American revolt.
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The 16th President running against Stephen Douglas(Democrat) and John C. Breckenridge(Democrat), as Republican Lincoln won.
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The Confederates surrounded the Union at Fort Sumter(island) with boast and attacked as the Confederacy wins.
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Was fought on a big hill as it was the first battle.Confederacy wins this war, but the Union out numbered them.
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One day war. This was the bloodiest one day battles.The Unions get a victory.
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Union Victory at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania.
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This was the final major battle of the Civil War.Union wins the battle. Fought by the Mississippi River.
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A speech by Abraham Lincoln saying thanks for the soldiers who died in Gettysburg
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This was the final battle of the Civil War. The Union won.Robert E. Lee surrenders.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at a theater after the Civil War. First president assassinated.
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The 13th Amendment says that no one can have slaves or people working with physical force. Made by Abraham Lincoln.
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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President. He then later makes the 15th amendment.
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All people born in the U.S. were citizens if the rights they deserve.Blacks, Whites, Hispanic, etc.
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This allowed any race or colored citizens the right to vote. This gave African Americans hope for full rights.
