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Missouri Compromise
A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise was a series of cogressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states -
Kansas-Nebraska act
An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 set the stage for the American Civil War. -
Western front objective
Wanted Missippi River -
Secession Crisis of 1861
Secceion means with drawl -
Eastern front
Wanted the Richmond river and to capture the people -
Firing on Ft.Sumter
A fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, that was the scene of a bombardment from April 12 to 14, 1861, the opening engagement of the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles -
New Technology and its effect on he war
New Technology:
Rifles
Minne ball
ironclads -
Confederate Soldier Journal Entry
Here is a Portion of what it read:This morning, felt completely broken down. The wagon was so heavily loaded, and behind too, I had to try it afoot again -- the train rolled past me, and I was left a complete straggler. -
Battle of Shiloh (WESTERN FRONT)
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee -
Union Soldiers Journal Entry
Here is a Portion of what it read: I awoke this morning bright and early, half frozen, having slept on the cold ground without any cover save that of the Heavens, and I was almost sorry that I was not wounded on Saturday, for I felt confident that it was my last day, and I am sure that it would have been had we stormed the Fort. -
Fall of New Orleans
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River the day before, and the Confederates lose a major city early in the war. -
7 Days Battle (WESTERN FRONT)
The Seven Days Battles was a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam Western Front
The Battle of Antietam fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland the army of Virgina won
