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Missouri Compromise
This compromise put a boundary line for the South to keep their slave states in the south. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner was a former slave that attacked slave owners with his slave brothers. This did not help slaves because, the slave owners worsened punishment for their slaves. -
War with Mexico
Texans and Southerns wanted Mexican land, and so when Mexico finally decided to do something about that. We went to war with them. -
The Wilmot Proviso
It was a legislation to prevent Slavery from occurring in the new Mexican lands that were won after the Mexican War, but it was denied. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise made California a slave state and instated the Fugitive Slave Law Act. -
Fugitive Slave Law Act
The Act was passed with the Compromise of 1850. With this act, Slave Owners from the South could retrieve their escaped slaves from the North. -
The Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book about Slavery and life on a plantation really showed the North as well as GB that Slavery was cruel. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas a battle being Abolitionists and Slave Owners on whether or not Kansas would be Free or Slave (popular sovereignty) -
The Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and said that Slaves had no citizenship. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown intended to raid an armory and arm all the slaves for a revolt. He failed but the people of the North were inspired. -
Abraham Lincoln elected as President
Abraham Lincoln was elected without a single vote from the South. The South new he had plans about abolishing Slavery, so they started to secede from the Union. -
South Carolina's Secession
South Carolina is the first South state to secede form the Union. They believe Abraham Lincoln will completely rid of Slavery -
The Formation of the Confederate States of America
Most all of the Southern states (except the border states) joined forces to make the Confederate States of America against the Union. -
Fort Sumter
The First battle of the Civil War, and the Confederates took the victory and the fort -
Antietam
The first time the Confederates pushed into Union territory. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War -
Vicksburg Campaign
The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of battles in the west against a fortress city named Vicksburg that dominated the final Confederate-controlled area of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
One of the most famous battles of the war. Battle over Pennsylvania. The Union won and it was a turning point in the War -
Appomattox Court House
One of the final battles of the Civil War. This battle ended with Confederate General Lee surrendering his North Virginian Army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
