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Compromise of 1850
The issue was land acquired from the Mexican-American War open land to Americans. California, Utah, New Mexico wanted to enter the Union. The north had feared the expansion of slavery.The south had wanted slavery to expand and did not agree with the idea that congress had the right to ban the expansion of slavery.The soulution to this conflict was that California was granted as a free state.Popular Sovereignty was created to decide whether slavery exists in Utah and New Mexico territories -
Advancement For Blacks
Harriet Tubman was one of the abolitionist. She was born into slavery. She eventually escaped slavery. She led over 70 slaves to freedom by using the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses enslaved people in the United States in efforts to escape to free states . -
Secession
Fort Sumter is an island that is located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. It was known for being the site of the first shots of the civil war. The Confederacy opened fire on the federal fort. The union surrendered and didn't try to take it back until four years later. -
Confederate Advances and Success
This was the first major land battle between the north and south. The Union attacked the Confederacy. The union lost 3,000 men who were killed, wounded or missing in action. The South won this battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation an executive order issued by President Lincoln freeing slaves in the United States not then under Union control (that is, within the Confederacy). This order freed 500,00 slaves -
Union Adavantges & Later Success
The siege of Vicksburg is about control of the Mississippi river, the river would be good for there country. lost pemberton's army and there grip on Mississippi, it was split in half. grant succeed in the west made his reputation more known and he was chief of the union army. -
Gettysburg Adress
the battle of Gettysburg is known as on of the most valuable parts of the civil war. they had a great victory at Chancellorsville. on July 1st the confederates combined with the unions army. than a bigger fight began. 1,500 troops on enemy center at the cemetery ridge. -
Surrender OF Appomattox
Appomattox was a town in Virginia . Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.
