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Antebellum
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The Kansas-Nebraska act
It was a law that allowed nabraska and kansas to decide if they wanted to have slavery or not. Kansas voted to become a slave state while nebraska was free. It led to a couple masacres which led Kansas to be known as the bleeding state. -
Robert E Lee
Lee was superintendent of WestPoint from 1852-1855 and trained many men who would be serving in the war. Abraham offered him the job of Federal forced in 1861.He served in the civil war in 1861 and the next year became Military advisor to Jefferson Davis. He had many accomplishments during the period of the civil war. -
The Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was a slave whose owners took him to a free state and while he was there he tried to sue for his freedom bu the court denied his request.. On march 6 a cheif said that slaves were not citizens of the u.s. and therefore were not protected by the federal goverment. They could not sue the fedreal goverment. -
James Buchanan
James buchanan was the president of the united states from 1857-1861. He served when the country was coming part and there was some division over slavery. He only lasted one term because he wasnt able to keep the country united. James served for many years in the congress and in he cabinet. Presidnet Buchanan is considered one of the worst presidents to lead our country. -
1860 census statistics
There was 2,312,352(40 percent) slaves in upper south vs. 432,586(13 percent) slaves in border states. -
1860 statistic
In 1860 the number of manufacturing employess in New York was 230,112 vs. 14,217 in North carolina. -
South carolina
THe 1st state to secede from the union. -
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Bull Run
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William P. Sherman
He was promoted to brigadier general. He started a new kind of warfare of total destruction. He is famous for his "march to the sea" He had made a 40-60 mile wide path of destruction through georgia. He got them to surrender. -
A nation divided
7 states form confederacy to write their own constitution. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln served as our president from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. -
1863 statistic on soldiers
In 1863, the union had 698,808 soldiers and the confederate armies only had 233,586. Teh were by far outnumbered partially because of the emancipation proclomation making the slaves free. -
Pennsylvania Gettysburg
!65,00 soldiers participate in the largest bettle in the WEstern Hemisphere. The battle lasted 3 days 4,000 dead 51,000 injured. -
andrew johnson
He was lincolns vice president but he was a southern democrat from North Carolina.He became president after lincolns assination and he worked on the reconstruction in the south. -
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Reconstruction
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Ulysses S. Grant.
He was born in Ohio on April 27,1822 and died July 23, 1885. He was the Commander of the Union Army. He was a very aggresive leader which led him to be very succesful He later became the 18th u,s president of the united states. He was nicknamed the "unconditional surrender". In !866 he was promoted to full general and over saw the military operations in the reconstruction. -
The reconstruction act to allow states back into the union
It was the process laid out to reallow the southern states back into the union. They split the southern states into five sections. Virginia was the frist district placed uder military control.
