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Compromise of 1850
A package of 5 bills passed in september of 1850. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
A bill that split Kansas and Nebraska into two seperate states. -
The Dred Scott Decision
A landmark decision that stated an African American could not be an American citizen and could not sue because of this. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
A series of seven debates in which each candidate tried to win control of the Illinois legislature -
Harper's Ferry
A town where a white abolitionist tried to start an armed slave rebellion -
Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the United States president. -
Bleeding Kansas
A border war that was a series of very violent political confrontations about anti-slavery. -
Fort Sumter
The battle at Fort Sumter was the begining of the American Civil War -
Bull Run
The battle at Bull Run was the first major land battle of the American Civil War -
Antietam
The battle at Antietam was the first battle to take place on Union soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Gave freedom to the ten states that were in the rebellion at this time. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg address was President Abraham Lincoln's most well known and famous speeches that he gave during his presidency. -
Andersonville Prison
A prison the Confederates used to hold prisoners of war. This prison held more prisoners at any time than all of the other prisons combined. -
Assasination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. It was a calculated plan to try to revive the confederacy. -
Reconstruction
There are two different things reconstruction refers to. It refers to the entire country repairing after the Civil War, and it refers to the transformation of the Southern United states.
