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Missouri Compromise
- The Missouri Compromise was an act of Congress to defuse political rivalries by labeling Missouri a slave state.
- Maine was a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.
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Monroe Doctrine
- this doctrine was the best known in the western hemisphere -the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
- this was important because it became a cornerstone for American foreign policy.
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Battle of the Alamo
- this was when the Mexican force began a siege of the Alamo ( a Mission)
- the mexican invaders won. -this is important because it was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution and the cruelty of Santa Ana inspired many Texans.
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Panic of 1837
- this was a financial crisis that started a recession where wages went down and unemployment went up
- this was important because it led to an increase in the prices of land, cotton, and slaves.
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Trail of Tears
- this was when the government forced Native Americans off their homeland by walking thousands of miles away in terrible conditions to another place called "reservations" i it was important because it wa sa dark and tragic time in America's history and it tragically impacted many Native American lives.
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Stutter's Fort
- this was an agricultural and trading colony in the Mexican Alta California province.
- this was he first non-indigenous community in California. -Asocciated with James Marshall's discovery of gold in 1849.
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Pre-Emption Act
- this wa a response to the request of the Western states that "squatters" be allowed to purchase land for a low price..
- this event was important because it helped establish the doctrine of Manifest Destiny in America
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Beer Flag Revolt
-there was a small group of Californian settlers that rebelled against the Mexican government therefore proclaiming California independent.
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Beginning of U.S. - Mexican War
- the Mexican military was unprepared to fight against the United States
- the war started in Rio Grande
- this was important because Mexico lost nearly 1/3 of its territory including present-day California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona
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End of Mexican American War
- the Mexican military was unprepared to fight against the United States
- the war started in Rio Grande
- this was important because Mexico lost nearly 1/3 of its territory including present-day California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona
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Fugitive Slave Law
- this was a part of the compromise of 1850 between Southern states and Northern states. This allowed them to capture and return escaped slaves.
- it was important because these acts were among the most controversial laws at the time.
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Compromise of 1850
- The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress which defused a four year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican/American War.
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Gadsden Purchase
- This was when U.S. purchased land from Mexico by a treaty.
- This was important because it determined the main boundaries of the United States.
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Bleeding Kansas
- This was a period of violence during the settling of Kansas territory between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.
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Dred Scott Decision
- The supreme court ruled that Scott, a slave, was not free based on his residence even though his owner and him had resided in a free state when he set him free.
- This was important because it contradicted the doctrine of the popular sovereignty that was created as a part of the Compromise of 1850.
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Harper's Ferry
- This was an effort by an abolitionist to start an armed slave revolt by taking over an arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
- This was an important event because it inflamed white Southerners to fear slave revolts and greatly increased tension between northern and southern states.
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South carolina Secedes
- This started because Lincoln had exceeded his constitutional powers by not waiting for Congress to approve a war with the South.
- This was important because it was the first state to ever secede the nation
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Mississippi secedes
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Florida Secedes
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Alabama Secedes
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Georgia Secedes
- This states that their main cause for dissolving the Union was slavery
- This was important because Georgia was a crucial state to the success of the secessionist movement due to its location.
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Louisiana Secedes
- They claimed they seceded due to the results of the 1860 elections and the failed abolitionist raid on Harper's Ferry which heightened the sensitivity toward the threats to slavery.
- This was important because before the war Louisiana repeatedly rejected southern radicals who proposed secession but after the election in 1860 they were pushed towards secession.
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Texas Secedes
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Beginning of Civil War
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Virginia Secedes
- They claimed they seceded because they refused to take up arms or rebel against the southern states.
- This was important because they feared that the northern states would fail to return fugitive slaves and violate their obligations under the 4th article of the Constitution
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Arkansas Secedes
- They claimed they seceded because they refused to take up arms or rebel against Southern states
- This was important because they feared that the Republican party was planning a war against slavery.
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Tennessee Secedes
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North Carolina Secedes
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Emancipation Proclamation
- This was issued by Abraham Lincoln and it stated that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states would henceforward be free.
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Gettysburg
- this was when the Confederates clashed with the Union's Army in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- this was important because it si considered the most important engagement of the civil war due to the large amounts of casualties and outcomes
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Gettysburg Address
- This was a speech given by Lincoln at the Soldier's National Cemetery reminding the listeners of their want for equality, freedom, and national unity.
- This event was important because it is considered one of Lincoln's greatest speeches and one of the most famous in U.S history.
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13th Amendment
- Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime.
- this was important because this wad the first step in a long journey to abolish inequality.
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End of the Civil War
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15th Amendment
- this prevented the federal and state governments from denying a status in the right to vote based on race .
- this was an important event because the intent of this amendment finally came to have an affect on the Voting Rights act of 1965 was passed. Before this act was passed many southern states use various things to deny African-Americans the right to vote.
