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Constitution Was Signed
-The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by 38 delegates that were present in Philadelphia.
-The Constitution makes up America's government and its laws and guarentees citizens to have rights.
-There are a total of 27 amendments in the Constitution.
-It took 4 months for all the states to approve the Consitution. http://www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/polisci/resources/constitution-scroll-flag.jpg -
Washington DC is chosen as the Nation's Capital
-Congress declared a piece of property betweeen Maryland and Virginia as the site for the nation's capital.
-They named the capital after the countries war hero and president George Washington.
-President George Washington let French engineer Pierre-Charles L'Enfant to create the plan for the nation's capital city.
-The city is located by the Potomac River. http://www.wcsr.com/~/media/Images/WCSR/Offices/WashingtonDC.jpg -
The Whiskey Rebellion
-The Whiskey rebellion began on March 3rd 1791 and ended in 1794.
-The Whiskey rebellion was a tax protest that occured because they started to put a tax on whiskey.
- Many of the protestors were war veterans who believed that they were fighting for the rights they earned from the American Revolution.
-Protesters threatened federal officials to keep them from collecting the tax. http://cdn.topsecretwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rebellion.jpg -
Missouri Compromise
-It was an effort betweeen the US Senate and the House of Represetatives to keep a balance of power between the slave states and the free states.
-The slavestates were scared that if they were outnumbered in Conressional representation that they would lose power to protect their property and trade.
-It passed an amendment that created a boundary across the Louisana teritory creating a new boundry for the free and slave regions.
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Kansas Nebraska Act
-A bill that mandated that people must allow settlers to decide if slavery is allowed within a new state's borders.
-It overturned Missouri compromise's use as the boudaries between slave and free territories.
-The supporter of this act was Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
-It may have been the most significant event leading to the Civil War http://www.ushistory.org/us/images/00035329.jpg -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
-The Dred Scott case was argued Febuary 11-14, 1856. Reargued December 15-18, 1856. And decided on March 6, 1857.
-The Dred Scott case was a decision by the US Supreme Court about whether African Americans could sue in federal court.
-Dred Scott tried to sue his owners for enslaving him when he was returned to the free states.
-It was decided by the 14th amendment which gave African Americans citizenship. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/images/4dred10m.jpg -
The Anaconda Plan
-A strategy during the civil war by general Winfield Scott to put down the rebellion by the confederacy.
-His plan was to end the rebellion through government measures preventing a bloody war.
-This plan was to block salt water ports of the South and to stop all trade on te Mississippi River.
-It was named the Anaconda plan because it srtangled the confederacy the was an anaconda snake strangles its victims. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Scott-anaconda.jpg/793px-Scott -
The Emancipation Proclamation
-Lincoln brought up the Emancipatiion Proclamation twice.
-It stated that if the southern states didn't forfit by January 1st, 1863 then it would go into effect.
-It only applied to states in rebellion.
-The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves shall be free. http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/files/cache/c91f46b3ce5943b9e213e3cd306c6348_f3094.jpg -
Sherman's March to Sea
-Between November 15 - December 21, William Sherman led about 60,000 soldiers through s 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savana Georgia.
-The purpose of having the march was to scare civilian population into getting rid of the confederacy.
-Sherman soldiers didnt harm any civilization that didn't fight back but they did steal some food cattle to stay alive.
-It was the most devistating blow to the South in the Civil War. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/30500/30570/shermseamrch_30570_lg.gif -
The Assassination of Abriham Lincoln
-Abriham was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the president box at Ford's theatre in Washington DC.
-At the time Lincoln's body guard left his position to watch the play.
- Booth escaped Ford's theatre and was on the run for 12 days before he was found.
-Booth initially planned to just kidnap Lincoln and not kill him but the plans changed last minute. http://abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/assassination-large.jpg
