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Expansion of Slavery
The Mexican-American war had raised questions on expansion. With new land, America was dealing with making new states; and if those states were going to be slavery based or not. -
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The Compromise of 1850
The gold rush had swelled the population of california during this time they wanted a law to ban slavery. At this time california applied to congress to become a state. -
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act became a law. this caused in outrage with northerners, destroyed the whig party, and weakened the democrats. people of the whig party joined the Free-Soil party and other parties supporting antislavery. the parties later founded the republican party. -
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Sectional Conflicts and National Politics
there was political struggles in the kansas territory before kansas could apply for state hood voters had to approve constitution to raise money and bring more settlers people from missouri came to vote -
Cygnes
A pro slavery gang guns down 11 unarmed anti settlers, became known as the Marais des Cygnes Massacre. -
James Brown's raid
James Brown was planning to raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry to get guns for a slave revolt. James and his men achieved the guns but failed to begin the revolt. The U.S. Marines captured ans killed James and his followers. -
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The Confedency
A representative of seven seeded states met in Virginia and quickly wrote a constitution that specifically recognized slavery and guaranteed the rights of citizens to own slaves. -
New President
Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States during the war. -
The Civil War Begins
Fort Sumter marked the begging of the civil war. Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for the army for 90 days. -
Chancellorsville
Lee Hooker pulled a surprise attack on the Confederates by taking most of his army west and tell the army that wad left behind to make campfire to make the illusion that there's a big army and attacked during dinnertime . -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was the bloodies day of the Civil War, there were over 23,000 casualties combining the Union and the Confederate.. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The South had a bigger advantage than the North because the South had lots of resources and slaves to work or be on their side for free. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that allowed slaves free and allow them to join the Northern side and that took a turn because over 180,000 slaves joined the North to fight against South -
Presidential Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln offered help to the southerners except the ones that didn't help them fight the Civil War -
Vicksburg
He amid to starve its residents and defenders .Lee began his retreat from gettysburg the confederates at vicksburg surrendered. -
campaigns of 1864
in may 1864 the fighting in the battle of the wilderness was so fierce that woods caught fire.in june the armies met at the battle of cold harbor.finally he was able to close the last railroad line into atlanta forcing confederate general hood troops to abandon the city. -
The election of 1864
george McClellan a popular general as its candidate and adopted a platform calling for an immediate end to the war. -
The War Ends
After the November 1864 election,Sherman and some 60,000 troops marched to the sea and wanted to kill his enemies economic resources and killed anything in their way. -
Sherman Captures Atlanta
General Sherman captures the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Later in the year he would march to the sea and capture Savannah, Ga. On his way he would destroy and burn much of the land his army passed through. -
Thirteenth Amendment
He announced his intention to be forgiving to the south with malice toward none with charity for all lets strive on to finish work we are in to bind nation's wounds. -
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Lincoln is assassinated
Lincoln did not live to see war end or carry out on April 14 1865 John Wilkes Booth shot lincoln and he died following morning.
