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Missouri Compromise
Missouri wanted to be admitted into the union as a slave state, so we added Maine as a free state to keep the balance. -
Popular Sovereignty
People are now allowed to vote for whether their state should be free or slaved. -
California Gold Rush
The finding of gold in the California caused a flood of population, causing an imbalance in the slave states to free states ratio. -
South Carolina
South Carolina Secedes from the Union -
Independence
Confederate states of america are now an independent republic -
Battle of Shiloh
confederates launch a surprise attack on grant -
Battle of Antietam
lee pushes into northern territory -
Emancipation Proclamation
a decree freeing all enslaved persons -
Vicksburg
union fights to control the mississippi river -
Gettysburg
A battle in which confederates push the union army back, the union army holds their line, and Lee makes a huge mistake called pickets march. -
Pickets March
Lee pushes General Picket along with 15000 other men to make a massive battle, but this only ended in mass death. 7000 confederates dead in just 30 minutes. -
Sherman's March
william sherman scorches his way into atlanta -
13th Amendment
Bans slavery forever in the united States. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrenders to grant ending the war
generous terms no treason, take food and horses with you. -
Tenure of office act
senate can review/remove any official appointed by johnson -
Command of the Army Act
all military commands are approved by Ulysses grant. -
Military reconstruction act
divided former confederacy into 5 military districts -
Presidency
Ulysses S Grant becomes president, and while he was a great president, he was a very bad politician. -
15th Amendment
the right to vote shall not be denied on any account of race color or previous condition of servitude. -
Panic of 1873
Banks go bankrupt which causes a great depression. This is when southern democrats regain power in the house and senate. -
Compramise or 1877
No one truly knows what happens in this, but Rutherford B Hayes is elected but disputed and he removes troops from the south.
