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The Dread Scott Trial
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Compromise of 1850
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John Brown Harpers Ferry
John Brown and several followers seized the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry -
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fort Sumter was fired on by the south which started the civil war -
Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued that all slaves in rebellious states were freed. It was a turning point into the war which made the war be a battle for human freedom. -
Battle of Antiem
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. It was the bloodiest day of the American Civil War. -
Siege of Vicksburg
One of the most brilliant military campaigns by the Union Army forcing the Confederacy to surrender Vicksburg. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It stopped Gen. Lee's advance thru the north. It was the bloodiest battle of the war. -
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Forced the Confederates to retreat to Georgia. -
XIIIth Amendment
This Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox Courthouse allowed for the Union army to redistribute forces to take back the south. -
Abraham Lincoln's assassination
Abraham Lincoln assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 -
Reconstruction Act 1867
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was a series of statutes meant to help readmit the southern states into the Union. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
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Andrew Johnson's impeachment
Andrew Johnson had long wanted to dismiss the Secretary of War, Edwin M Stanton but congress forbidd him to dismiss Andrew to fire Edwin and when he did congress impeached him. -
Election of 1876
Samuel Tilden outpolled Ohio's Rutherford Hayes in the popular vote and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes 165 with 20 votes uncounted.
