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Missouri comprimise
This declared that all free and slave statesexcluding missouri would be divided by the longitude thirty degree north.The south being slave states and the north being free states -
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causes of the civil war
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Comprimise of 1850
because of the gold rush of 1849 the area far out west this new state of California petitioned to be a free state. If this went through the balance of free and slave states would be threatened. They decided that they would give Texas 10 million dollars to compinsate and that the new state's inhabintants would vote on wether they were going to be free or slave state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Stated that all escaped slaves must be returned to there masters in the south and any one caught helping escaped slaves maybe punishable by death -
Kansas Nebraska Act
made settled the issue of slavery in kansa and nebraska.repealed the Missourri comprimise.this divided the nation over slavery -
Dred Scott
the slave dred scott was a slave whose master moved to a free state. he sued in federal court for his freedom.The court denied him of his freedom saying that slaves were veiwed as property and could never have U.S. citizenship.they also said congress couldn't ban slavery in any territory -
election of 1860
a four competition for the new president. the country was dead locked over the future of the U.S. th main point in the election was slavery.The republican Abraham Lincoln whom was against slavery won the election. The south lost their power in the federal government and the south began to secede. -
union blockade
The union set up a blockade around the south to keep them from inporting or exporting supplies -
attack on fort sumter
Even though south carolina seceded from the union the union soldiers refused to leave so they launched an attack on fort sumter after two days the fort surrendered and the confederate soldiers raised their new flag stars and bars -
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Civil War
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Emancipation Proclomation
This document stated that all slaves in the U.S. shall be free -
battle of Antietam
This was the bloodiest one day battle in the history of the U.S.
At the end of the battle there was no clear victor.After this battle both sides relized this was going to be a long and brutal war. -
Gettysburg
The confederate army began to march north in hopes of capturing a stretegic point such as Washington DC. They were going through the small town of Gettysburg when they ran into the union army it was a vicious battle but in the end the union won with 23,000 dead or injured and confederates lost with 28,000 dead or injured. This was the bloodiest battle of the civil war. -
Gettysburg address
gettysburg address4months after the battle of gettysburg Abraham Lincoln returned to the site. There he recited one of the most famous speeches in American history even it was only 2 1/2 minutes long known as the gettysburg address. -
Shermans March to the sea
After breaking through to Atlanta general Sherman marched a campain through the heart of Georgia they destroyed everything in their path leaving a sixty mile wide path of destruction.Finally ending in Savanna. -
surrender
With the Confederate army weary and surrounded General lee decided to surrender. After a few exchanged notes General Lee and General Grant met at the Appomattox courthouse on
April 9, 1965 were he signed an official surrender.
