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Compromise of 1850
Fugitive slave act amended, Slave trade ended in Washington, D.C. California added to union as free state. Utah acquired territorial government system. -
Kansas Nebraska act
Passed by U.S. congress to allow people in Nebraska and Kansas territory to decide on their own if slavery should be allowed. Also enacted to repeal Missouri compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
Series of violent political confrontations in the us involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery persons in Kansas -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Series of 7 debates between Lincoln and Douglas in the Presidential election -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln won the election versus Douglas and began his fight against slavery -
Fort Sumter
Confederates raided the U.S. Fort Sumter and the U.S. surrendered, starting the civil war -
Bull Run
First major battle of the civil war. Each side had poorly trained troops ready for battle, with all of them having terrible leaders. After the battle, each side realized the war would be much longer than anticipated. -
Harper's Ferry
Confederate army invaded Maryland. portion of army surrounded and captured the Union garrison -
Battle of Antietam
The single bloodiest battle of all American history. -
Emancipation Proclomation
3 years of civil war went by until it was passed and freed so many slaves. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg address
The greatest battle in the civil war. It was a major victory for the Union and was the turning point of the war.
This was a speech spoken by Abraham Lincoln to remember all the lives lost at Gettysburg. -
Andersonville Prison
The largest confederate prison, housed 45000 Union soldiers in total after the Civil War. The conditions were terrible and many people died after a few days in the Prison. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
One of the last battles fought in the Civil war, the Confederate army finally surrendered to the Union. -
Lincoln Assassination
John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln in a theater on April 15, 1865. Abraham surprisingly didn't die right away but rather died of head trauma 9 hours after his death. -
Reconstruction
Period after civil war where the rebuilding of united states took place. The question remained, when and on what terms would the Confederacy be allowed back into the union?
