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As the expansion continued the argument over free states and slave states heated up.
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The Comprise, created by Henry Clay, was to try to avoid the impending war with the north and south.
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The Crittendens Compromise guaranteed slavery where it already existed and tried to Reinstate the Missouri Compromise.
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South Carolina withdraws from Union
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Confederate states of America was founded as an independent republic
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The Battle of Bull Run was a brutal one 25 from Washington DC and the people watched in HORROR.......
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Confederates launch a surprise attach on Grant the end result is there are more men killed than the War of 1812 and WW1 combined
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Lee pushes into Union territory fights union and Union eventually retreats
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Frees all slaves for states (including still in the rebellion)
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union fights to control Mississippi River so they fought the Vicksburg confederate base and sieges take place for 3 months
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William Tecumseh Sherman burns stuff 60 MILES WIDE
from Atlanta to Savannah -
bans slavery FOREVER
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant which ends the war with generous terms they feed their troops and cloth them etc.
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feeding and clothing refugees and helps slaves find work and negotiate labor contracts and provides education for them
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Lincoln is assassinated by Mr. Booth (JWB)
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Divides the country into 5 districts and ratify the 14th Amendment
and African Americans can vote and the Unions Military will control the south till the requirements are made -
the right to vote is for ALL races so African Americans can vote
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Ulysses S. Grant is the new president
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Banks go bankrupt and sets of FULL ON DEPRESSION
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Nobody really knows