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Missouri Compromise
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine would be admitted as a free state. No state over the 36 parallel will allow slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Presented by Henry Clay, this Compromise would help the disputes between the North and South. -
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Bleeding Kanas
A series of violent political confrontations related to the issue of free states and slave states. -
Lincoln elected
Lincoln was the first republican president. He wanted to stop slavery. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. -
Firing on Ft. Sumter
The Confederacy fired on Union occupied Ft. Sumter, starting the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
This was the bloodiest day of the entire war. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln said that all slaves in the Confederate states are free. -
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Battle of Vicksburg
This helped the Union finish the Anaconda Plan. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the bloodiest battle in the entire war. It lasted 3 days. -
Lincoln gives the Gettysberg Address
Lincoln delivered one of the most known speeches in American history. Dedicating Gettysberg as a national cemetery. -
Lincoln Re-elected
Lincoln is Re-elected as president. Provoking the South even more. -
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Sherman's March
Shermen marched his men towards the sea near Georgia during the Civil War. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. Grant gave very friendly surrender terms for Lee's men. -
Lincoln is assassinated
Lincoln was shot in a booth while watching a play by John Wilkes Booth.
