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Compromise of 1850
Set of laws passed admitting California as a free state, creating the Utah and New Mexico territories with popula sovereignty, settling Texas-New Mexico border dispute, ending the slave trade in DC, and making it easier for southerners to recover slaves -
Kansas Nebraska Act
A bill that mandated popular sovereignty . Went against former border of slavery -
Bleeding Kansas
Used to describe the time of violence after the Kansas Nebraska Act. The North and the South fought for control of the popular sovereignty states. -
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court decides to allow slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of seven debates during the 1858 Illinois state elections. Mainly directed at slavery and states' rights. -
Harper's Ferry
U.S. military arsenal was the target of an assault by abolitionists led by John Brown. -
Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th president. Won despite only recieving 40%of the popular vote. -
Fort Sumter
Beauregard attacked Fort Sumter heavily and won after 34 hours. Confederate troops then occupied it for four years. -
Antietam
FIrst battle on northern land. Bloodiest day in American history with more than 22,000 casualties. The result remains inconclusive. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln declares that as of January 1, 1863 all slaves in the rebellious states will be freed. It did not free any slaves but was still a huge turning point in the war. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln was invited to deliver a speech at the Gettysburg National Cemetery, the site of one of the bloodiest and mostdecisive battles in US history. He talked about human equality in the declaration of independence. -
Andersonville Prison
South's largest prison for captured Union soldiers. Unhealthy conditions and high death rate. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Confederate surrender to Union ending Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincolna= at a play at FOrd's theatre in Washington D.C. -
Reconstruction
From the end of the war through 1877 America reconstructs from the war. New laws were passed and there were still problems with slavery and discrimination.