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Compromise of 1850
California declared free state, slaves could no longer be imported, slavery was allowed to go on, and texas was given money. -
The Kansas Nebraska act
It lets people vote for whether they want the state to be slave or free. -
Bleeding Kansas
When people fought inside of Kansas because of pro and anti slavery disputes. -
Dred Scott decision
The supreme court ruled the Dred Scott was not a free man even though he ran to free territory. -
Lincoln and Douglas debates
7 debates between lincoln, the republican, and douglas, the democrat -
Lincoln election
Lincoln won the election against Douglas in 1860. -
Fort Sumter
A fort in North Carolina that held 2 battles in the civil war -
Bull Run
First big battle of the civil war, near washington d.c -
Harpers Ferry
Battle that was part of the Maryland campaign -
Antietam
Battle fought near Maryland -
Emancipation Proclamation
It stated that all slaves shall be free -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
A speech given by Lincoln at the national cemetery of soldiers, which is a cemetery for fallen union soldiers killed in the battle of Gettysburg. -
Andersonville Prison
Confederate pow camp -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
One of the last battles of the Civil War -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
He was assassinated at a play by John W. Booth -
Reconstruction
The South was reconstructed after they lost the civil war 1865-1877
