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missouric compromise 1820-1821
Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. andrew jackson was the president at the time. -
Manifest destiny
expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. -
san felipe de austin
the colony was named San Felipe de Austin, in
Stephen’s honor. By 1825, Austin had issued 297 land grants to the group that later became known as Texas’s Old Three Hundred. -
Mexico abolishes slavery
mexico abolished slavery in 1829. -
santa fe trail
One of the busiest routes was the Santa Fe Trail,
which stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
Santa Fe in the Mexican province of New Mexico. -
the liberator
was written by william garison and was a book about the immidient emancipation of slaves. -
nat turners rebellion
nat urner and 50 others attacked plantations and ended up killing 60 whites. -
stephen f. austin goes to jail
in 1833 santa ana arrested austin for inticing revolution. -
texas revolution
When Austin returned to Texas in 1835, he was convinced that war was its “only resource.” Determined to force Texas to obey Mexican law, Santa Anna marched his army toward San Antonio. At the same time, Austin and his followers issued a call for Texans to arm themselves -
oregon trail
The Oregon Trail stretched from Independence,
Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. -
abolition
abolition was the movement to abolish slavery. -
texas enter the united states
in 1844, james k. polk anexxed texas into the union. -
the north star
written by fredrick douglas and its purpose was to be used as a anti-slavery newspaper. -
treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
on february second 1848 mexico and the united states sighned a treaty ending the war. -
underground railroad
harriet tubman was rthe one who ran it, the goal was to smuggle slaves from the south into the north. -
compromise if 1850
for the north california was delcared a free state To please the South, the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. To placate both sides, a provisionallowed popular sovereignty, the right to vote for or against slavery, for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories -
fugitive slave act
all alleged slaves did not have the right to a trial and if you wanted to help them you needed to pay $1000. -
uncle toms cabin
harriet bechstowe, the book was about not that slavery was only a political problem but a great moral struggle. -
kansas nebraska act
douglas introduced a bill in Congress on January 23, 1854,
that would divide the area into two territories: Nebraska in the north and Kansas in the south. If passed, the bill
would repeal the Missouri Compromise and establish popular sovereignty for both territories. -
Dread scott v. sandford
Dred Scott, a slave whose owner took him from
the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri. Scott appealed to the Supreme Court for his freedom on the grounds that living in a free state—Illinois—and a free territory—Wisconsin—had made him a free man. -
lincoln and douglas debate
both were runnning for the republican nominee. douglas believed in popular sovereignty and lincoln believed in abolishing slavery all together. -
john browns raids
On the night of October 16, 1859, he led a band of 21 men, black and white, into Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His aim was to seize the federal arsenal there and start a general slave uprising -
lincoln becomes president
Although he pledged to halt the further spread of slavery, he also
tried to reassure Southerners that a Republican administration would not “interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves.” -
formation of the confederacy
In February 1861, delegates from the secessionist states met in
Montgomery, Alabama, where they formed the Confederate
States of America, or Confederacy. and had jefferson davis as their president. -
attack on fort sumter
At 4:30 on April 12, Confederate bat-
teries began thundering away to the cheers of Charleston’s citizens. The deadly struggle between North and South was under way and the fort was lost. -
battle of bull run
in the afternoon Confederatereinforcements helped win the first Southern victory. Fortunately for the Union, the Confederates were too exhausted to follow up their victory with an attack on
Washington. Still, Confederate morale soared. -
battle at antietam
The clash proved to be the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with casualties totaling more than 26,000. The next day, instead of pursuing the battered Confederate army into Virginia and possibly ending the war, McClellan did nothing. As a result, Lincoln removed him from command. -
emancipation proclimation
it delcared that all slaves in the union as well as the south are considered free. -
conscription
a draft that forced men to serve in the army. In the North, conscription led to draft riots, the most violent of which took place in New York City. Sweeping changes occurred in the wartime economies of both sides as well as in the roles played by African Americans and women -
income tax
s the Northern economy grew, Congress decided to help pay for the war by collecting the nation’s first income tax, a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income. -
battle at vicksburg
one of the two remaining Confederate strongholds on
the Mississippi River. Vicksburg itself was particularly important because it rested on bluffs above the river from which guns could control all water traffic. In the winter of 1862–1863, Grant tried several schemes to reach Vicksburg and take it
from the Confederates. -
battle of gettysburg
a three day battle with a total of 53000 people dead with the north on top. known to be the turning point of the war. -
gettysburg adress
n November 1863, a ceremony was held to ded-
icate a cemetery in Gettysburg. There, President Lincoln spoke for a little more than two minutes. -
shermans march
In the spring of 1864, Sherman began his march southeast through Georgia to the sea, creating a wide path of destruction. His army burned almost every house in its path and destroyed live- stock and railroads. -
surrender at appomattoc court house
On April 9, 1865, in a Virginia town called Appomattox Court House,Lee and Grant met at a private home to arrange a Confederate surrender. -
assassination of lincoln
on April 14, 1865, five days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, Lincoln and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington to see a British comedy, Our American Cousin. During its third act, a man crept up behind Lincoln and shot the president in the back of his head. -
thirteenth amendment
abolished slavery throughout the entire united states.
