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Missouri Compromise
States deside whether to allow slavery in Missouri or not. -
Causes
South states economy was based on slavery. The north state economy wasn't. -
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Salvador Robayo Civil War
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Uncle Tom's cabin By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
This book convinced many people to oppose slavery(Harriet was an abolitionist). -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Repelled Missouri compromise and let slavery every were -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S Grant was the general of Union army. He later became the 18th president of the U.S. -
Robert E.Lee
Robert E. Lee was the military genius that kept the Confederate army alive. He wanted to be general of the Union but his family was of the confederate army. -
Union Generals
Some of the generals of the union were: Ambrose Burnside (1824-81), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), Ulysses Simpson Grant, George Gordon Meade (1815-72). -
Confederate generals
Some of the generals of the confederation were:
Pierre Beauregard (1818-93), Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), and other generals. -
Anaconda plan
Winfield Scott-Union general creates the"Anaconda plan". Wich consists in cornering the Confederation. -
Confederate army stragety
The stragety of the confederate army was a defensive stragety. They were almost always defending but sometimes they atacked. -
Fort Sumter
War breaks out when Confederate troops atack the Union fort in South Carolina -
First battle of bull run
On April general Irvin Mcdowell advanced to Manassas Junction (Union army) and met the confederate army, after reinforcements came for the confederate army the Union army survivors ran to washington -
Battle of Shiloh
On April 6 of 1862 the Union army directed by Ulysses E. Grant stumbled with Confederate army directed by Albert sidney. Then the battle of Shiloh followed. Many people died from both teams died . But the Union won. -
New Orleans Capture
To make the final blockade of resources of the Confederate army the Union had to capture the city of New orleans. So Admiral David Farragut with 18,000 soldiers captured New Orleans -
Second battlee of bull run
Another battle of the civil war. Confederate army victory. -
Battle of Baton rouge
Union victory. -
Battle of Champions hill
Union victory. One of the bloodiest wars of the civil wra -
Battle of Cabin Creek
Union victory. -
Battle of helena
UNion victory -
Battle of Corydon
Confederate victory -
Battle of Fort Wagner
Confederate army viictory -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee and Union general stumble in Gettysburg. After seeing war is inebitable they start one of the bloodiest wars of the Civil war -
Battle of manassas gap
Indesisve in the day but in the night the Confederate army retreated. -
Battle of Salinville
Union victory. -
Second battle of fort sumter
Confederate victory. Union tries to recapture fort sumter but fail. -
Gettysburg adress
After the Battle of Gettysburg Lincoln gives a speech expressing his feelings to unite the country -
Battle of Dandrige
Confederate army victory. -
Battle of Olustee
Confederate army victory. -
Battle of Walkerton
Confederate army victoy -
Battle of Fort de russy
Union victory. -
Battle of Blairs landing
Union army victory. -
Battle of poison spring
Confederate victory. -
Battle of Jenkin´s Ferry
Union victory. -
Lee surenders
Lee surrenders to Grant. -
Lincoln´s death
On April 14 1865 the actor John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln in Fords Theater. -
Consequenses of the war
Even thought the union had won there were a lot of consequences. First of all a lot of people had been killed in battle. The economic loss was an incredible loss. The war had costed a lot of money and that make people lose jobs and the confederate had lost two thirds of their wealth and a lot of cities were destroyed.
