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The Compromise of 1850
Ominous Bill Provided a Fugitive Slave Law -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Created 2 U.S. territories
Caused violence to break out
Popular sovereignty -
Dred Scott Case
Being in free territory did not make a slave free -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
was an attempt to ignite a general slave uprising
Led by John Brown -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham was elected as the 16th President -
Battle at Fredericksburg
Established the idea that the South looked tough to beat -
Battle at Chancellorsville
General Stonewall Jackson was shot and killed -
Battle at Gettysburg
Union wining the battle made Lee push back to Virginia -
Battle at Atlanta
The Union captured and destroyed Atlanta -
Richmond/ Appomattox Court House
General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant ending the civil war -
Abraham Lincoln was shot
Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth -
President Andrew Johnson
President Andrew Johnson comes into office after Lincoln dies -
KKK is formed
Klu Klux Klan was formed to keep African Americans from voting -
14th Amendment
Gave equal protection under the law and citizenship to those born in the U.S. -
Ulysses S. Grant is elected into office
Grant becomes the 18th President
Great war hero
