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Missouri Compromise
- The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
- This was important because, it was trying to balance the slave states from the free states.
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Monroe Doctrine
- The Monroe Doctrine was, a U.S. foreign policy regarding European countries. It said that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
- This is important becuase, it was the new political order developing in the rest of America and the role of Europe in the Western Hemisphere.
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Battle of the Alamo
- The Battle of the Alamo was, a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. with a 13-day siege,
- This was important because, they were trying to protect their land it was important because it was the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army.
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Panic of 1837
- This was, a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s.
- This was important because, profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up so the whiole nation was struggling.
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Trail of Tears
- The Trail of Tears was, when the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area which is now Oklahoma.
- This was important because, it was just one of the barbaric acts to get the native americans out of the whites land it was horrible and was an eyeopener later for american people.
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Sutter's Fort
- This was, a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta Califorina province.
- This was important because, it was a main place to go during the gold rush.
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Pre-Emption Act
- This was, where they fored squatters to start and pay for the land they were staying on. -This was important because, it made them rethink where they stayed and how they lived especially becuase times were tough during this time.
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US - Mexican War
- This was a war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
- This was important because it set up the boarders for the United States and Mexico.
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Bear Flag Revolt
- This was when a small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California an independent republic.
- This was important because it was the first time Califorina has ever rebelled back and it gave them a good backbone.
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Fugitive Slave Law
- This was a law that required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law.
- This was important because, it changed how slaves lived if they had escaped and chnaged how the world saw slaves and their masters.
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Compromise of 1850
- This was a package of 5 bills that were passed which helped solve some problems for slave and free states. -This was important because this solved issues between the slave states and non slave states after the Mexican- American war.
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Gadsden Purchase
- This was a 29,640 square mile region in southern Arizona and southern New Mexico.
- This was important because it helped end border issues between Mexico and the United States.
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Dred Scott Decision
- This was, a landmark desision by the U.S. Supreme court the court held african american slaves wheather they were enslaved or free and, they could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.
- This was important because, it was saying because of their race they couldnt become american citizens like they were not treated as humans which started a whole argument that still goes on today in some places.
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Harper's Ferry
- This was, a low lying flood plain that was created by two rivers and surrouneded by higher ground.
- This was important becuase, John Browns raid was held here and changed history of how illegal slave trade happend.
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South Carolina
- This was the first state to be seceded on Dec. 20, 1860
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Mississippi
- This was the 2nd state to be seceded on Jan. 9, 1861
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Florida
- This was the 3rd state to be seceded on Jan. 10, 1861
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Alabama
- This was the 4th state to be seceded on Jan. 11, 1861
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Georgia
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Louisiana
- This was the 6th state to be seceded on Jan. 26, 1861
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Texas
- this was the 7th state to be seceded on March 2, 1861
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Civil War (1861-1865)
- This was, a war between citizens of the same country which was going to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
- Thisw as important because it was going to either prove that United Staes could be independant and free or prove that they couldnt be independant country.
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Virginia
-This was the 8th state to be seceded on April 17, 1861 -
Arkansas
-This was the 9th state to be seceded on May 6, 1861 -
North Carolina
- This was the 10th state to be seceded on May 20, 1861
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Tennessee
- This was the 11th state to be suceded on June 8, 1861
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Bleeding Kansas
- This was, a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery Border Ruffian elements, that took place in Kansas.
- This event was important because, it pused the southern and northern parts away from each other and was the start of the Civil War.
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Emancipation Proclamation
- This was a proclamation that stated that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states shall be free.
- This was important becuase it finally let everyone be equal at least with their rights and how african americans were treated as humans.
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Gettsyburg
- This was a war fought between Union and Confederate soilders. -This was important becuase, it was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert Es second invasion of the north.
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Gettysburg Address
- This was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln which he gave at, a cemetery for Union soldiers that were killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
- This was important because, it was trying to make peace for the war that had happened and to move on to greater things not anymore wars so it was like a peace speech.
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13th Amendment
- This was, an amendment that stated that neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
- This was important because it ended slavery formally.
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14th Amendment
- This was an amendment which stated that all persons born or naturalized in the United States gained citizen ship.
- This was important because it granted everyone who was accepted to be a citizen let them become a citizen.
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15th Amendment
-This was an amendment that stated that all citzens had the right to vote no matter race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- This was important because it officaly made every thing equal with everyone.
