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Treaty of Paris
ended the Revolutionary War -
Louisiana Purchase
the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States from France for $15 Million -
Missouri Compromise
prohibiting the practice of slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north -
Compromise of 1850
defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). -
Fugitive Slave Act*
It 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. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 -
Dred Scott v. Sanford*
African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court -
Lincoln lost Illinois Senate Race to Stephen A. Douglas
series of highly publicized debates held between Lincoln & Douglas -
John Brown attack at Harper's Ferry
Attack at Harper's Ferry, major event in lead up to Civil Way -
Lincoln is nominated for Republican candidate
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Lincoln is elected president
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Begining of Civil War
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Fort Sumpter
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First Battle of Bull Run
Southern victory -
Second battle of Bull Run
Southern Victory -
Battle of Antietam
Bloddiest single day in the history of the Civil War -
George McCellan fired as Union Commander
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Southern Victory -
Emancipation Proclamation*
it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the South from "slave" to "free." -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Southern Victory -
Battle of Gettysburg
Northern Victory, was the turning point in the war -
Vicksburg surrendered, Western theater
giving the Union control of the Mississippi River -
Fall of Atlanta
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Lincoln re elected president
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Grant Promoted to Union Commander
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Battle of Five Forks
Union victory last stand for the south -
End of the Civil War
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
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Lincoln is assassinated
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Beginning of Reconstruction
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13th Amendment is ratified*
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
Ku Klux Klan is founded
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Congressional Elections of 1866
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Period: to
President Johnson’s Impeachment Trial
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Military Reconstruction Acts
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Freedmen’s Bureau is established*
intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War.[ The Freedmen's Bureau was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South. -
14th Amendment is ratified*
Defined US citizenship and forbid sates to restrict basic rights of citizens -
Massacre in Louisiana of 200-300 African Americans
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15th Amendment is ratified*
Prohibited restricting voting based on race or previous slavery -
Hiram R. Revels becomes Senator of Mississippi*
First Black person to serve US Senate -
Freedmen's Bureau is abolished*
Freedman's Bureau was less effective as KKK became moe powerful. -
Compromise of 1877* & End of Reconstruction
Unwritten deal that settled US presidential election of 1876, took federal troops out of politics in South, and ended Reconstruction Era
