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Missouri Compromise
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Gag Rule Passed
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Martin Van Buren Elected President
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Election of 1844 (James Polk Elected)
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Period: to
Mexican American War
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Election of 1848 (Zachary Taylor wins)
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Dred Scott Case
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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Caning of Charles Sumner
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
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1860 Presidential Election (Lincoln Elected)
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Battle of Fort Sumter (start of civil war)
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Period: to
Civil War
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Trent Affair
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Battle of Hampton Roads
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Battle of Shiloh
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Battle of Chattanooga
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Homestead Act
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Battle of Antietam
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Morill Land Act
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Battle of Fredricksberg
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle Of Gettysburg
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New York City Draft Riots
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Battle of Chickamauga
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Gettysburg Address
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Wade Davis Bill
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Battle of Appomattox Court House
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Period: to
Reconstruction Era
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13th Amendment
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Ex Parte Milligan
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Black Codes
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Tenure of Office Act
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Military Reconstruction Act
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Seward's Folly (Purchase of Alaska)
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment