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Missouri Compromise
creates a line that balances free and slave states -
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slave codes
free blacks lost rights i.e. purchasing alcohol, assembling in public, testifying in court -
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Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction
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Republc of Texas
Texans fight for independence, join US, adds to slave vs. free balance -
Panic of 1837
recession scared people, people move west, states created, slavery issue grows -
Texas becomes state
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Compromise of 1850
made California free, gave D.C. popular sovereignty, made slave trade illegal -
Lincoln's 50th bday
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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated
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Battle at Fort Sumter
Confederates attacked union fort; igniting tensions across the country -
First Battle of Bull Run
Confederates won...says Bella -
Battle at Shiloh
Union won battle in Tennessee -
Battle of Chancellorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Gettysburg Address
dedication speech to fallen at cemetary -
Emancipation Proclamation