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Members of the U.S. house of representatives returned from their dinner break and resumed their discussion of the ongoing war with Mexico.
Members of the U.S. house of representatives returned from their dinner break and resumed their discussion of the ongoing war with Mexico. -
Victory of the mexican war
Vicory in the Mexican war added 500,000 square miles to the United States. -
gold
President James k. Polk announced that gold hd been found in California. -
issue
In 1850 senator Henry Clay of Kentucky once again urged congress to compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories. -
compromise
The compromise of 1850 accomplished most of what clay had wanted. -
Confederacy
After the 1860 election many slave states left the union th form the confederacy. -
first woman
Dc. Elizedeth blackwell, the first woman to receive a licence to practice medicine. -
union
A union force advanced down the mississippi river from illinois -
grant
grant led a union army into tennesee -
battle
the confederates began the battle of shiloh, catching grant by surprise. -
approach
general grant tried a new approach in the spring of 1863. -
pemberton
Pemberton surrendered vicksburg.