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Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. This was good because it would stop people from owning slaves -
Monroe Doctrine
Separate spheres of European and American influence, American people will stay out of European lands and European to stay out of America. This law helped because it decrease the changes of taking over -
Battle of the Alamo
The Texans were fighting because they wanted independence and freedom from Mexico -
Panic of 1837
The panic was that there was a crisis in financial and economic conditions in the nation following changes in the banking system. Prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
Trail of Tears
Around 18,000 Native Americans had to marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land and over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease for not having good treatment. -
Pre-Emption Act
Squatters who were living on federal government land were able to purchase up to 160 acres, $1.25 per acre, or $3.09 per hectare. This was a really good thing because they were able to buy land in really cheap -
US - Mexican War
Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848
United States declined to incorporate it into the union
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Bear Flag Revolt
A group of American's settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and claimed California an independent and freedom. This was a good idea because they wanted to be free country -
Harper's Ferry
Was a small group that attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. This was good because they tried to -
List states who seceded in order on the timeline
SOUTH CAROLINA
MISSISSIPPI
FLORIDA
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
LOUISIANA
TEXAS
VIRGINIA
ARKANSAS
NORTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
MISSOURI
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Compromise of 1850
This was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. which defused a 4 year political confrontation between slave and free states.Slave trade was prohibited but slavery still wasnt. -
Fugitive Slave Law
This law provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory.
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Gadsden Purchase
Mexican government kicked Americans out of the territory. Congress didnt like that so they decided to trade 29 thousand square miles of land in exchange for $10 million. This caused to build the border -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott decided to sue to get his freedom back but it did not work out. -
Bleeding Kansas
This led up to the civil war because they couldn't decide if they wanted to support slavery or not -
Civil War (beginning and end dates)
April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
They were going to war for slavery and freedom
Fighting for state laws -
Emancipation Proclamation
This gave freedom to the slaves. This was a rally go idea because it gave the slave a better chance to live better -
Gettsyburg
Gettysburg National Battlefield, site of a turning point in the Civil War, The Battle of Gettysburg was foght to stop General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. -
Gettysburg Address
This was a speech from Abraham Lincoln
This was dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery, -
13th Amendment
Slavery should not be allowed in the US territory. This was good news to everyone because it gave freedom to people, -
14th Amendment
Everyone who is born here should have the same right as everyone and should be equal. -
15th Amendment
Everyone in the US should be allowed to know them right and should not be denied. -
Sutter's Fort
This fort was for agricultural and trade for the colony in the Mexican.
This helped people make a little more money by trading and getting land
