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Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri comrimise admitted Maine as free state and Missouri as a slave state. The louisianna territory was split into two parts and the line was set at the 36 30 parallel. Monroe was the president at the time. -
Harriet Tubman
A famous "conductor" in the underground railroad who helped save 300 slaves -
San Felipe De Austin
This was the main settlement in a colony where " no drunkard, no gambler, no profane swearer, and no idler " would be allowed. It was established by Stephen F. Austin. Stephen's father recieved a land grant from Spain to establish said colony but died before he could, Stephen did it in his honor -
The Liberator
An anti-slavery paper written by William lloyd Garrison to deliver a demand for immediate emmancipation -
mexico abolishes slavery
Many settlers who came to Texas were slave owners, but Mexico had abolished slavery in 1829 and insisted that slave owners free their slaves. -
Abolition
the movement to abolish slavery -
Nat Turners Rebellion
A rebellion led by a slave named Nat Turner and 50 followers against plantation owners -
Stephen F. Austin goes to jail
Austin was imprisoned by Mexican President, Antonio Lobez de Santa ana, for inciting revolution. -
oregon Trail
The trail stretched from Indepence, Missouri to Oregon city, Oregon. Founded by two Methodist missionaries named Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. Proved that wagons could travel on the oregon trail -
Texas Revolution
The rebellion in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico -
Santa Fe Trail
The settlers and traders who headed west used a series of iold Native American trails as well as new routes, one of which was known as the Santa Fe trail -
Manifest Destiny
The Idea that Americans should colonize the west. -
texas enters the U.S.
James K. polk favored the annexation of Texas. Texas later joined the Union in 1845 -
Mexican-American War
Started off as a border dispute, but after a series of U.S. wins Mexico had lost 1/3 of its territory -
The North star
Written by Frederick douglas as an antislavery paper -
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
After Mexico conceded defeat they signed this treaty with the U.S. to end the war -
Compromise of 1850
Provided popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Any fugitive slaves could be recaptured and sent back to their owner no matter where they were and they were not entitled to a trial by jury -
Underground Railroad
Started by free African Americans and white abolitionists to help slaves escape the south and head up north -
Uncle Tom's cabin
a book written by Harriet Breecher Stowe which stressedthat slavery was not just a political contest but also a great moral struggle. -
Kansas Nebraska act
This act would divide the Nebraska and Kansas territories into 2 parts. Nebraska in the north and kansas in the south. once passed the bill repealed the missouri compromise and established popular sovereignty in both territories. -
Dreadscott vs Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave whose owner took him from a slave state to a free state and back to slave state. he appealed to the supreme court for his freedom on the grounds that lving in a free state made him a free man -
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debates
The twol were debating over slavery and territories. They both were against slavery but had different views on how to keep it out. Douglas won. -
Brown's raid/ Harpers ferry
John brown was a white abolitionist who led a band of black and white men into Harpers Ferry, Virginia in hopes of capturing the federal arsenal. -
Lincoln becomes Pesident
Lincoln won the Presidential election in 1860 -
Formation of the confederacy
The states who were in the confederacy were south Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. The president was Jefferson Davis. -
Conscription
Conscription was a draft that forced men to enlist in the army. -
Battle of Bull Run
3 months after Folrt Sumter fell, there was battle going back and forth between the north and south just 25 miles away from washington D.C. Ended in Southern victory -
Attack on Fort sumter
As soon as the Confederacy was established confederate soldiers began seizing federal installations-especially forts. Soon confederate troops started aiming for fort sumter. Lincoln refused to abondon the fort nor reinforce it. -
Battle at Anietam
The two sides fought near a creek called Anietam. The battle proved to be the bloodiest one day battle in American history. North victory. -
Income Tax
Income tax was a tax taken from a persons income. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation was meant to free slaves. Although it didn't free any slaves immediately it did give the war a moral purpose. -
Battle at Gettsburg
July 1, confederate soldiels led by A.P. Hill encounter a union calvary led by John Buford. after the 3-day battle the north prevailed. -
Gettysburg adress
In November a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemmetary to gettysburg, and Lincold delivered a 2 mintute speach that "remade America" -
Battle at Vicksburg
During the same time as the battle of Gettysburg, Ulysses S. Grant fought to take Vicksburg. Grant bombarded Vicksburg with artillery for days, forcing the residents into caves, and once food began to run low they surrendered to Grant. -
Sherman's March
Led by William Tecumseh Sherman, he and his army created a path of total destruction. They destroyed livestock and Railroads and burned almost everyhouse they past -
Surrender at appomattoxcourt house
General Grant and General Lee met up in a private home after the the union captured the confedrate capitalv to arrange a confederate surrender. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth in ford's theatre in Washington because Wilkes was a southern Sympathizer -
Thirteenth Ammendment
The ammendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted exist within the U.S."
