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Mexican-American war victory
American victory added 500,000 sq miles of territory to the U.S, raising the question of whether they would be slave states. -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise plan that would preserve the balance of power. The plan was mostly made for the debate between pro-slavery and antislavery legislatures. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Got rid of the Missouri compromise's ban on slavery. North was outraged and destroy the whig party -
Bleeding kansas
Northerners and Southerners fight to keep Kansas free from slavery. David Atchison stated that if they lose, they give up all the territories. -
Election of 1856
Disgusted from the events occurred in Kansas, Northern Democrats refused to support Stephen Douglas or President Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. Eventually, the Democrats nominated James Buchanan and the Republicans nominated John C. Fremont. The Democrats won the election and Buchanan became president. -
Marais des Cygnes Massacre
A pro-slavery gang gunned down 11 unarmed, antislavery settlers -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
The presidential debate between Lincoln and Douglas. The debate brought upon Lincoln’s opposition to slavery and caused Douglas to lose support in the North and South. -
Election of 1860
Northern and Southern Democrats split over running Douglas for president. The Democratic party also split, allowing Lincoln’s election as president. -
Lincoln became president
He promised not to interfere with slavery where it existed. -
opened fire on fort sumter
Confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter. -
Battle of Bull run
The first major battle of the Civil War in July 1861 at the Bull Run. Since neither side was trained or prepared, the battle was complete chaos. -
Forces ready to fight
The union forces were ready to fight again by spring -
Battle of shiloh
A Civil War battle in Tennessee in which the Union army gained control over the Mississippi River valley. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history on September 17, 1862, which was a victory for the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that all slaved would be freed -
Gettysburg
On July 4 Lee began his retreat from Gettysburg the confederates at Vicksburg surrendered. -
The war ends
On April 1865, the long siege of Petersburg succeeded and confederate troops fled Richmond. Union troops entered the city the next day and Lee surrendered rather than lose more lives. -
Effects from the Reconstruction
After the reconstruction, freedmen lot many of their gains -
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Reconstruction ends
Congress passed three enforcement during 1870 and 1871. These laws set heavy penalties -
Discontent with reconstruction
Grant administration helped Democrats regain power in Congress in 1872. Then a depression began turned republic leaders attention away from the reconstruction.
