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California gold rush
The California gold rush Upset the balance in congress. Now slaveholders would become minority in congress. -
1850 compromise
It was a compromise the had five parts to it. 1. California was a free state 2.mexico land was slave states until voted on 3.slave auction is Washington dc was banned 4. taxes got 10mil. not allowed to advocate for slaves. 5. fugitive slave act -
Criterion's compromise
1.Guarantee slavery where it existed
2. reinstate Missouri compromise -
South caolina
South Carolina vote to withdraw or secede form the union
over the net 6 weeks-Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -
founding the confederacy
confederate states of america founded as an independent republic
1 guaranteed slavery in every state
2 banned tariffs
limited presidency to one six year term -
fort sumter
civil war -
Battle of shiloh
Confederates launch surprise attack on grant
23,000 dead in two days -
Battle of Antietam
Lee pushes into northern territory, fights union
lee kills/sounds 22,000 men in one day -
Emancipation Proclamation
A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1st,1863 -
Vicksburg
Union fights to control the Mississippi rivers
Last major confederate base
Plan to cut off food/supplies
siege for 3 Months -
The Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln Gave a speech after the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery. -
Sherman's March
William Tecumseh Sherman scorches his way to Atlanta
Burns everything:railroads, warehouses, mills, Factories Farms -
Freedman's Bureau
Feeding an clothing war refugees-30,000 meals a day -
13 Amendment
Bans slavery forever forever in the united states -
Appomattox courthouse
Lee surrenders to grant, ending the war -
Ford's Theater
Lincoln Dies -
Military Reconstruction act
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Command of the Army Act
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Tenure of Office Act
Restricts the President of the united states -
15 Amendment
Voting rights
