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underground railword
the slaves would run away at night and hid in peoples houses by day this was called the underground railroad -
battel of Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, -
trail of tears
indians forced off there land by the U.S -
Harriet Tubman
was an escaped slave who started the underground railroad -
andrew jakson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was military governor of pre-admission Florida (1821), -
manifest destiny"
The term manifest destiny first appeared in print in July 1845 in the " Democratic Review." Journalist John L. O'Sullivan supported the United ... -
Wilmot Proviso
one of the major events leading to the Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was signed on February ... -
california gold rush
a minner struck gold so every one went to california to try to make it as a rich man -
Compromise of 1850
was a group of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife that would eventually lead to the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to show slavery as a thing so cruel and unjust -
gadsden purchase
A settlement was made between the two countries known as the Gadsden Purchase, but diplomatic tension followed. In 1853, the United States negotiated with ... -
Gadsden Purchase
A settlement was made between the two countries known as the Gadsden Purchase, but diplomatic tension followed. In 1853, the United States negotiated with ... -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, ... -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were held during the 1858 -
battel of bull run
On July 21, 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run occurred. It was the first real major conflict of the American Civil War. A Union army, consisting of 28000 ... -
Attack on Fort Sumter
When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter, he alerted the state in advance, in an attempt to avoid hostilities. South Carolina, however, feared a trick; the commander of the fort, Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender immediately. Anderson offered to surrender, but only after he had exhausted his supplies. His offer was rejected, and on April 12, the Civil War began with shots fired on the fort. Fort Sumter eventually was surrendered to South Carolina. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle's name, Shiloh, came from the name of a small, whitewashed church around which much of the early fighting took place. -
Battle of Antietam
also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, ... -
gettysburg address
was the speach that aberham lincon gave -
Emancipation Proclamation
the speach that declared all men and wemon free -
Battle of Gettysburg
fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the battle with the largest number of casualties -
Ku Klux Klan
is a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme Ku Klux Klan -
Andrew Johnson
was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the murder of President Abraham ... -
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 ...
