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Missouri compromise
Maine became a free state, simultaneously with Missouri as a slave state, maintaining the balance of power between North and South -
Nat Turner Slave rebellion
it was a slave rebellion illustrated by Nat turner showing that slaves were NOT happy with their lives. and well because of the revolt slave laws got even more strict. -
War with Mexico
an american victory in which it doubled the size of america with land that belonged to mexico. -
Wilmot Proviso
a failed attempt to ban slavery in the newly acquired land from the Mexican american war -
Compromise of 1850
series of laws that dealt with the the new land, creating new territories such as Utah and new Mexico, and declaring California a free state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
part of the compromise of 1850 the act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves -
publication of Uncle Tom´s cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about the lifestyle and how it was to live like a slave, the living conditions and hardships. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
the Kansas-Nebraska act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1859 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
a court ruling that didn't allow Dredd Scott sue because he was taken back into slavery even tho he was in a free state. he couldn't sue because he wasn't a citizen -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
a failed attempt on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to try and start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. His election served as the immediate motivation for the outbreak of the Civil War. -
South Carolina secedes
the very first state to secede from the union, inspiring more states to follow as well, sparking the war between the two sides -
Formation of the Confederate State of America
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, form the Confederate States of America -
Fort Sumter
the very first battle in the civil war. the union is forced to surrender fort sumpter after a 33 hour bombardment from the confederacy -
Antietam
a key turning point for the union. a victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, also considered the most bloodiest battle in us history -
Vicksburg
mass victory for the union, giving them control over the Mississippi river. -
Gettysburg
considered a turning point in the war that cost the union 23,000 soldiers and the confederacy 25,000 -
Appomattox Courthouse
one of the last battles in the civil war where general Robert E Lee surrenders to Union general Ulysses S Grant
