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Victory in Mexican American War
America won the war, and added 500,000 square miles of territory to the United States -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise made to preserve the Balance of Powers -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave act was very controversial, it made it illegal to aid runaway slaves allowed the arrest of escaped slaves. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
In this act Stephen A. Douglas wanted to make the western laws into two territories, he really wanted to make Chicago an industrialized urban center. This act made northerners very upset. -
Election of 1856
There were political struggles but in order to apply for state-hood, the people had to vote either to allow or ban slavery. Many settlers came in but armed pro-slavery Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote. -
Dred Scott decision 1857
Dred Scott sued for freedom he argues that if he lives on free soil then he should be free to. But Sandford was against his claim. The court ruled against him saying the fifth amendment protected the property rights of slavery. -
Civil War Begins
This is the day the first shoot was fired, at Fort Sumter, After the North Blocked there trade routes that were going to the Atlantic Ocean. -
Border States Choose Sides
The Border States, had to choose which side to fight on, For example, Maryland, Mirrousi, and Kentucky were loyal to the Union, but Virginia was loyal to the south -
Battle of Bull Run
The first Major battle of the Civil War was at bull run, a small stream about 25 miles from Washington, D.C Confederate troops waited at the small town of Manassas -
George B. McClellan Appointed as Commander
President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell. -
War in the West
In early 1862, Union forces under General Ulysses S Grant opened two important water routes into the western Confederacy -
War in the East
Union General George B. McClellan had a plan to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond, but he delayed, asking for more troops -
opened important water routes
Ulysses S. Grant opened two water routes into the western confederacy. Grant moved south winning a major victory at the battle of Shiloh. -
Battle of Antieam
Considered to be the "The Bloodiest day of the War". It was considered a Union Vicotry, but only beacuse Lee's invation was stopped -
Battle of Chancellorsville
General Robert E Lee, launched a invasion in Fredericksburg, and it was a surprise but decisive victory for the Confederate States -
Lincoln's Son Dies
President Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies from fever, probably caused by polluted drinking water in the White House. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Invasion that the Confederates, did against the North, Led by the General Robert E Lee, The battle lasted for 3 days, and this is a event that challenged the Union, on out battling there enemy with surveillance, and starving them to surrender. A major victory to the Union. -
Emancipation Proclomation is issued
President Lincon issued the Emancipation Proclomation. This document freed enslaved people in all areas that were in the rebellion against the United States. -
Chattanooga campaign
The union army retreated to Chattanooga. IT was an improtant railroad centered in Tennesse -
ending of the war
Lincoln easily defeated McClellan in the election then he enabled congress to finally pass the Thirteenth Amendment which ended slavery in the United States.
