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15th Amendment
let african americans and former slaves vote -
Missouri Compromise
it let people in kansas and nebraska to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. -
Monroe Doctrine
it was a polocy that wouldnt let forgeiners to colonize in our country without it being considered an act of aggression -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission during the texas revolution -
Panic of 1837
a financial crisises where profits, prices, and wages went down and employment went up -
Trail of Tears
when the cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to what is now oklahoma -
Sutter's Fort
fort that was associated with the Donner Party, the California Gold Rush and the formation of Sacramento. -
Pre-Emption Act
a law passed to grant pre-emption rights to people who were already living on federal lands -
Bear Flag Revolt
people wanted a republican government in california so they changed the flag to a bear but it was short libed -
US - Mexican War
an armed conflict between mexico and the us -
Dred Scott Decision
dred scott tried to sue for his freedom be=ut was denied because he was african and not concidered a citizen -
Compromise of 1850
a series of resolutions, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. -
Fugitive Slave Law
a law passed saying all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty. -
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states seced
south carolina,mississippi, florida,alabama, georgia, louisiana, texas, virginaia, arkansas, tennesse, north carolina, -
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery. -
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Civil War
a civil war fought to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
Gettysburg Address
a speech by abraham linocln during the civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
a document stating that slaves were free -
Gettsyburg
a battle between the uniuon and confedereate forces that had the most casualties of the entire civil war -
Harper's Ferry
the site where 12,419 Federal troops captured, the surrender at Harpers Ferry was the largest surrender of US military personnel. -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.