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Missouri Compromise
all states above the line are free states and the states bellow the line are slave states -
California Gold Rush
gold was found in California and people flooded in -
The Compromise of 1850
this compromise let california enter as a free state, the land won from mexico would be left to popular soverngty, slave auctions were banned in DC, texas recived 10 million dollars as long as they stopped promoting slavery, and the fugitive slave act was put into place -
South Carolina withdrawls
South Carolina votes to leave the United states -
Confederate states of America established
Left the united states became their own country. They guaranteed slavery in every state, they banned tariffs, and they limited presidency to 6 years and they only get one term. -
Battle of Shiloh
Suprise attack on Grant, the 9th bloodiest battle of the civil war, 23,000 dead -
Gettysburg battle
3 days of the worst fighting in history. -
Vicksburg
Union fights to control the Mississippi River -
Lincoln is re-elected
decideds its time to band slavery -
Sherman's March
Burns everything down on his way to the capitol of Georgia to prove how awful the war is to the South -
Freedoms Bureau
Helped former slaves get on their feet after winning their freedom -
Slavery is banned
the 13th ammendment is put into place banning slavery forever in the united states -
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrenders to Grant ending the war with generous terms -
Lincolns assassination
John Booth shot Lincoln in the Ford theater -
civil rights act
Grants citizenship to all who are born in the united states except Native Americans. African Americans are allowed to own property and be treated equal in court -
Military recontruction act
Divided south into 5 military districts -
Ulysses S Grant becomes president
He becomes president and isn't a very good one -
14th ammendment
Grants citizenship to all that are born in the United States and Grants equal protection of the law -
15th ammendment
giving the right to vote any man of color -
Panic of 1873
Banks go bankrupt and the US goes into a full depression
