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Wilmont Privision
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Compromise of 1850
A compromise which five laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery, this was an agreement made in order to benefit both sides. First, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended, the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Next, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. Finally, an act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico which also established a territorial government in New Mexico. -
Roots of the Republican Party
Whigs against slavery in the north. -
Election of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln stood above the overly divided democratic party and was elected the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln gained 40 percent of the popular vote, easily defeating the three other Democratic candidates, becoming the very first Republican to win the U.S. presidency. -
Crittenden Compromise
Proposal for states leaving the country. -
Trent Affair
Between Great Britain and the United States
One of Britain’s Navy ships were seized during the Civil War despite their claim of neutrality and Britain claimed it violated international law
Britain almost declared war, until their minister met with the US Secretary of State. They convinced Abraham Lincoln to let the men go, he said, “One war at a time.” -
Fort Sumter
First shots of the Civil War in 1861. Because North Carolina wasn't a part of the United States, the North wanted to control their fort. But the south wanted the territory. Eventually, it escalated and 3,000 shots were fired in 34 hours. -
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First Battle of Bull Run
On the 21st of July, in 1861, Union and Confederate armies conjoined near Manassas Junction, Virginia, sparking the first major battle of the Civil War. The initial battle began when 35,000 Union troops marched from the capital to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a river named Bull Run. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The document freed slaves, metaphorically speaking. While it was meant to do so, it really only change the reason for the war. It pursued the freedom of humans and changed the course of the war. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
The deciding battle in the Civil War campaign between Union and Confederate armies. A large Union force commanded by John Pope waited for George McClellan’s Army to unify with them. Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to strike first. The armies clashed creating devastating losses on both sides. The next day, Lee’s army arrived to launch a counterattack, forcing Pope to withdraw and call a retreat to Washington D.C. -
Battle of Gettysburg pt. 2
On July 3, Lee ordered an attack, the assault known as “Pickett’s Charge,” which managed to pierce the Union lines but eventually failed. Creating thousands of rebel casualties, Lee was then forced to retreat his army back toward Virginia on 4th of July. -
Fort Sumter pt. 2
It was another place of battle in 1863 when the South had hoped to capture it. They failed and only one Union soldier was killed. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg occurred from July 1 to July 3, 1863. It is easily considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. On July 1, the advancing Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army which commanded by General George G. Meade. The fighting got heavier the next day, as the Confederates bombarded the Union on both sides. -
NYC Draft Riots
In 1863, during the American Civil War, Congress passed a bill allowing all men between 20 and 45 years of age liable for military service. Soon after on July 13, the government’s attempted to enforce this draft in New York City, which led to the most destructive civil riot, let alone disturbance in the history of New York City. -
13th Amendment
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States except as punishment of a crime
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Lincoln's Assassination
At about 10 pm on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. A doctor in the audience rushed over to examine the paralyzed president. Lincoln was then carried across the street to Petersen's Boarding House, where he died early the next morning.
