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Compromise of 1850
5 seperate bills passed that resolved the disputes regarding slavery in territory acquired from the Mexican-American War. -
Home by the Lake by Frederic Edwin Church
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bill that divided the land West of Missouri into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. This bill allowed the two territories to decide if they wanted to be a slave state or free state. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Small "civil war" between proslavery and antislavery advocates. -
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States secede from the Union
In order: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861) -
Abraham Lincoln inaugarated president
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Civil War begins
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Lincoln publishes the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect on January 1, 1863
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Civil War ends
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Union Refugees by George Pettit is published
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Reconstruction Era begins
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13th Amendment ratifed
Abolishes slavery in the US. -
14th Amendment ratified
Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans. -
Civil Rights of 1875 enacted by Congress
Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accomodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883. -
Reconstruction ends
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An Old Roadway by George Inness is published
