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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was established to help enslaved black people find freedom in the north.There were dozens of secret routes and safe houses going all the way to the Canadian border. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, that allowed slave owners in the south to call authorities in the north to help catch runaway slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/compromise1850.html
The compromise was introduced on January 29,1850 by a senator. It consisted of five laws that dealt with the issue of slavery at the time in history.Then, California entered the union as a free state. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a period of of violence during the settlement of Kansas territory.The Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise for as a boundary between slave and free territory. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that allows settlers to decide if slavery would happen within state boarders.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/19th-century/kansas-nebraska-act -
Dred Scott Decision
https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision
A legal case where the supreme court where Dred Scott who was a slave, but escaped to a northern state was not entitled to his freedom. -
Election of 1680
This election was between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Stephen Douglas. The issue with the election was slavery and states rights. Lincoln end up winning the election with 180 electoral votes -
Battle of Bull Run
The battle of bull run happen near a creek Manassas, Virginia. It was led by Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson. -
Battle at Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place in southwestern Tennessee. Confederates poised battle to the Union army.Johnston attacked , surprising the blue coats near the Shiloh church.Johnston rode to the Confederate attack and was stuck in the leg by a bullet. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Federals gain control of the main rail line leading into the city and fortress. Vicksburg was completely cut off .Grant launched two frontal assaults against the confederate but failed to break their defenses.So he Vicksburg under siege. -
Seven days of battle
General McClellan’s army had more than 25,000 union soldiers . He wanted the capital of Confederates and to end the war. Major battles that were series of Seven Days Battles were Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Savage’s Station, Glendale, and Malvern -
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Battle at Gettysburg/Gettysburg Address
The Army of the Potomac set out to engage the Confederates. The Confederates was heading to town of Gettysburg to seize footwear fro the shoe factory. Lee's men ran into the Union. Buford's men spread out northwest of the town and called reinforcements.It lasted for the next three days. Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address to show that the civil war was a struggle to the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam happen at Sharpsburg, Maryland . It was one of the deadliest battle in all American military history. -
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Reconstruction
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
Like Lincoln, Johnson wanted to restore the political status of the southern states as quickly as possible. He offered pardons and the restoration of land to almost any Confederate who swore allegiance to the Union and the Constitution. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln went to a comedy show , he was in a private box above the stage with his wife. John Booth fired his gun at his the back of his head. Soldiers carried him to the boarding house. He was pronounced dead on April 15,1865.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination
