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Northwest Ordinance
After winning the war, the US and England signed the Treaty of Paris officially ending British control over the colonies and ceding territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River to the United States. After winning the war, the US and England signed the Treaty of Paris officially ending British control over the colonies and ceding territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River to the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory through the Louisiana Purchase treaty from France and he sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory in hopes of locating a Northwest passage or waterway that would allow for quicker travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific. -
Missouri Compromise
between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and to avoid complications the there was a 36/30 so everything above Missouri is free and everything under was slave it was only good for a while -
Monroe Doctrine
Routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs -
Nullification Crisis
States’ rights- states have the right to declare a federal law (or tax) null and void if it harms that state and The issue of states’ rights continued to stew -
Texas Annexation
texas wanted to enter the union as a slave state ate that would cause problems so they waited for another free state to enter and plus they didn't know where texas ended and Mexico started due to how the land was set up. It added more secularism to the north and the south because there ended up being more free states than slaves. -
Oregon Treaty
The conflict between the Americans & the British led to the negotiations and “54’40o or Fight!” supporting the war and I believe it created a kinda good relationship with the British. -
Mexican Cession (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
The Mexican Cession completed Manifest Destiny by giving Americans control of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This event was most important because everything went down from there. -
Compromise of 1850
principle of popular sovereignty, California has admitted as a free state and New Fugitive slave law this compromise was so important because it was so dysfunctional neither side liked it because it was confusing and it placed a lot of other unnecessary force on the north for slavery because they wanted to keep the states free so they only cooperated for a little while but then it became too much of a hassle to even to causing even more tension between the north and the south -
Bleeding (Bloody) Kansas
o produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. it also could have been the start of the civil war but who knows-/(-J-)- -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War, and after a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13. -
Battle of Bull Run
Its outcome sent northerners who had expected a quick, decisive victory reeling, and gave rejoicing southerners a false hope that they themselves could pull off a swift victory. -
Battle of Antietam
Antietam enabled the Union to repel the first Confederate invasion of the North and Lincoln had found the opportunity he needed to move forward with Emancipation Proclamation. I felt this was important because it showed how strong the union was on their own territory and being that slaves wanted to be free they would escape the plantations, even more, to fight alongside the north for their freedom. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The surrender of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two and Key turning point in the western theatre -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee retreats to Virginia and the Second and last attempt of the South to invade the North! this was important because not too long before lincoln did the Gettysburg address and now the union is sure they are going to win this battle. -
Gettysburg Address
Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. the speech was amazing but delivering it while a war is going on is kinda dangerous to me. -
Presidential Reconstruction (1863-1867)
The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determined the legal status of African Americans, this was a tough time for a lot of southerners because it forced them to have not only an economic change but get along with the slaves they want to be considered as property. -
Emancipation Proclamation
emancipation was announced he promoted it as a “military measure” against the Confederacy and made it impossible for the British, whose population was strongly opposed to slavery, to continue to support the Southern war effort. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia -
13th amendment passed
abolished slavery in the United States. ... Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. this was important because slaves were no other property in the south which leads them to have an economic shift -
14th amendment passed
Granted all men birthright citizenship (if you were born here) birthright Citizenship-overturned Dred Scott decision by recognizing the citizenship of African Americans
right of all citizens to equal protection under the law and due process of law -
Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1877)
the Radical Republicans gained almost complete control over policymaking in Congress. Along with their more moderate Republican allies, they gained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate and thus gained sufficient power to override any potential vetoes by President Andrew Johnson. they also did this to president johnson because he created black codes and they were unconstitutional and they tried to stop I'm but he didn't listen leading to him being impeached. -
15th amendment passed
Allows all MEN to vote-motivated by the desire to ensure the right to vote and by desire of the Republican party to establish its political power in the South -
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The Court’s “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson on that date upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws. It became the legal basis for racial segregation in the United States for the next fifty years. little did they know this was still wrong it was still right according to the supreme court ruling