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Delclaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a summary of things going against the King of England and an outline of basic rights granted to U.S. citizens written by Thoma Jefferson. its significance was that it gave the 13 colonies a reason to go against britan. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought 828,000 square miles of land from France in 1803. The significance was that the French had owned this land from 1699 until 1762 and this increased the size of the U.S. -
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California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley caused the boom of people searching for gold in that area. The significance of this event was that it brought world wide imigrants to the U.S. -
Compromise of 1850
It included laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be decided by popular sovereignty, The significance was that it settled the war and admited california as a free state. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This opened new land for settlment and established popular sovergnity. This made anywhere above 36' 30' illegal to own slaves. The significance was that it still allowed slavery but gave both sides what they wanted in a way. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. The significance of this event was that it pushed the north and south further apart and was one cause of the civil war. -
John Brown's Raid
His attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was accompanied by 20 men. The significance was that -
Election of 1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was the cause of southern secessions. He was the nominee of the Republican party with an anti-slavery platform. The significance was the fact that if Lincoln not won, the Emancipation Proclamation would not have been written. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It declared all slaves forever free. The significance of it was that it started the revolution of freeing all slaves in the united states. -
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Reconstruction
a period of time where the north was trying to fix economy, ect. for the south. The significance was that there was no punishment for either side, they pretended as if they were friends again after the fact.
