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Period 5
This period shows the beginning, the brutal, and the breaking of the North and South of the nation during the civil war. It showcases the differences they both faced, mostly about slavery, but also how several situations and ideas should be regulated. -
Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was a turning point in the argument between slavery as well as discrimination towards other races. -
California Gold Rush
This brought many people west and sparked a more "free-spirited" group of people. These people were discriminated for being care-free and heathens, living a life of sin. -
Compromise of 1850
This allowed California to enter as a free state and decide as a state whether it would be a slave state or not. This also influenced the idea of popular sovereignty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
This book showed a somewhat realistic side of slavery and showed the North that slavery in the south was very bad for the nation. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
This raid, led by John Brown, was powered by an army of slaves against the south. This has been called the dress rehearsal for the civil war. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter truly sparked the main sides of the civil war; the North and South. Fort Sumter was an attack on the North from the South and started the losing streak of the North. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This was the turning point in the war for the North after their semi-victory against the South at the Battle of Antietam. Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves free.
