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Says that the state of Missouri will be a slave state, but anything else above the 36 degree 30'N line would be free.
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This new political party will prevent the expansion of slavery into western territories.
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This allowed California to become a free state. But in the other territories voters would decide the slavery issue themselves.
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The opposition of slavery led to the creation of this new political party. This party included abolitionist, antislavery business leaders, and northerners. This will be the party Abraham Lincoln chooses to represent.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election of 1860. But becauase of this the Union collapses.
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On December 4th South Carolina state legislatives summond a state convention and without a dissenting vote, the declared that they are no longer part of the United States of America.
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The 7 suceding states form the Confederancy of America. Also they set up their own constitution for the government.
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Because of the southerners attacking Fort Sumter, Lincoln decides to go to war to claim back the south and make them part of the Union again.
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By the end of 1861 the Union Navy had launched over 250 warships.
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This is where the Union defeats the Confederancy and this is the turning point of the war.
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Union plans to starve the Sout of its resources.
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In the town of Appomattox Lee surrendered to Grant.
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John Booth kills Abraham Lincoln, and now Andrew Johnson is president.