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15th Amendment
The right of citizens that their vote can not be denied or abridged. -
Missouri Compromise
Didn't allow slave in the Great Plains. This caused a divide in the North and the South. -
Monroe Doctrine
Didn't allow the European Colonialism in the Americas. -
Trail of Tears
A series of forced relocation for the Native American People. -
Battle of the Alamo
Event in the Texas Revolution. The Texans wanted to gain Independence from the Mexican Troops. -
Panic of 1837
Profits and wages went down while the unemployment rate went up. -
Pre-Emption Act
Allowed squatters to purchase up to 160 acres of land at a low price by the government. -
Bear Flag Revolt
A small group of settlers in California revolted against the Mexican government. They said that California was an independent state. -
US - Mexican War
A dispute starting at the US annexation of Texas and if Texas ended in the US of in Mexico. -
Fugitive Slave Law
A law that was passed to have citizens help in the capture of runaway slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
Called for California being a free state., strengthened the fugitive slave law and abolition of the slave trade in a few parts of the country. -
Sutter's Fort
People start moving west, the gold rush begins. This a Mexican territory in California. -
Gadsden Purchase
A purchase made by the US to the Mexican government that bought present day Arizona and New Mexico. -
Bleeding Kansas
A period of violence when people were settling in Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
A court case that was it slave owners could take their slaves to the west. It also asked the question if slavery should be allowed in the west. -
Harper's Ferry
US military arsenal that was targeted by John Brown and his armed group of abolitionists. Located in West Virginia. -
Civil War
1861- 1865
A war fought by the North and the South over slavery, economics and state rights. -
All the states that seceded in order
South Carolina - 1860
Mississippi- 1861
Florida- 1861
Alabama- 1861
Georgia- 1861
Louisiana- 1861
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Gettysburg Address
Lincolns speech at Gettysburg that addressed the start of our nation, Way they were at Gettysburg and the memorial of the fallen soldiers all under 3 minutes. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincolns set all slaves free and forever free under this proclamation, in the rebellious states. -
Gettsyburg
The battle and turning point of the American Civil War. It was the bloodiest battles in the civil war. It also ended the enslavement of freed slaves from the North. -
13th Amendment
This was a ratified amendment. Continued abolish of slaves and involuntary servitude. -
14th Amendment
This was a ratified amendment. Gave all natural born or naturalized people of the United States citizenship.