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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.
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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.
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Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Thousands of people rush to California to get rich quick gold mining
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The Supreme Court decides that a slave, Dred Scott, has no rights a white man is bound to respect.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States.
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The Battle of Bull Run in Virginia was extremely intense with 4,878 casualties. People picnicked to watch and then were horrified.
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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.
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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.
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Lee pushes into the north, during a battle labeled "the bloodiest day in america.
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Abraham Lincoln put an end to slavery in the north.
