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Louisiana Purchase
A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Missouri Comprimise
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to keep a balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states in the Union. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
California Gold Rush
Thousands of people rush to California to get rich quick gold mining -
Dred Scott Case
The Supreme Court decides that a slave, Dred Scott, has no rights a white man is bound to respect. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States. -
Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run in Virginia was extremely intense with 4,878 casualties. People picnicked to watch and then were horrified. -
Battle of Bull Run
The battle of bull hill was thought to be a quick fight so people went and picnicked to watch, but it turned out to be brutal and horrifying. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh is a very bloody battle, 23,000 people die in two days. This is more death then in all the past wars combined. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee pushes into the north, during a battle labeled "the bloodiest day in america. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln put an end to slavery in the north.
