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Compromise of 1850
5 laws were passed that dealt with slavery, -
Bleeding Kansas
Different groups invading Kansas for the vote of popular sovereignty -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they want slavery -
The Dred-Scott decision
Voted that he was not entitled to his freedom and that african americans can never be citizens of the U.S -
Lincoln Douglas debates
Series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas -
Fort Sumter
The confederates attacked it and won, this caused the beginning of the war -
Lincoln's election
Became the first Republican to win presidency, -
Bull Run
The first major land battle in Virginia. -
Harper's Ferry
General Lee forced Dixon Miles to surrender it -
Antietam
Was fought as part of the Maryland campaign. It was the first fight on union soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Abraham Lincoln, announced that all slaves in rebel land are free -
Reconstruction
The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War; the second sense focuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877 -
Gettysburg
One of the best known speeches in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the civil war. -
Andersonville prison
Held more prisoners than any other confederate prison. It was built in early 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal prisoners in and around Richmond to a place of greater security and more abundant food. -
Surrender at Appomattox court house
Robert E. Lee surrendered 28,000 troops to general Ulysses S. Grant -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
At first they tried to kidnap him but he wasn't at the area they anticipated. later when they heard what theater he was going to, they planned an assassination
