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Missouri Compromise
-would admit Missouri as a slave state -Maine was admitted as a free slave -it was important to keep the balance of free states and slave states -
Monroe Doctrine
-a foreign policy regarding any European nations trying to take land in the United States or interfere with any states in north or south -any of these actions would be seen as aggressive if they occurred -it was important because it made the US seem stronger and that they wouldn't deal with Europe's control any more -
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Battle of the Alamo
-was a fight for Texas' independence -was an important representation of the hard work put forth by the soldiers to get the freedom for Texas -
Panic of 1837
-financial crisis that lasted until the mid 1840's -was caused by President Jackson's financial policies -the whole nation was under a great deal of stress -the panic of 1837 was important to show the ignorance that President Jackson possessed -
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Trail of Tears
-Cherokee were forced out of their homelands -were forced to march over 1,200 miles to Indian land -the trail of tears is important to show the horrible treatment of the Indian during the time of expansions -
Pre- Emption Act 1841
-allowed squatters to preempt land -it was important because it allowed people a place to live, and then it allowed government land that has already been prepared for someone to live there -
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US- Mexican War
-only fought on foreign soil -it is important because the land taken from Mexico makes up most of present day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico -
Bear Flag Revolt
-Californias revolted against the Mexican government -important because it helped California join the Union, and the Bear became the state flag -
Sutter's Fort
-was the first place that gold was discovered in California -once word got out everyone was migrating there to test their luck -this was important because it is was began the Gold Rush in California -
Fugitive Slave Law
-allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves -they are important because they were some of the most controversial laws that were created -
Compromise of 1850
-made California a free state -let Utah and New Mexico decide if they wanted to be free or slave states -important because it settled many disputes about California being a free state or not -
Gadsden Purchase
-agreement with Mexico to buy land that would turn into Arizona and New Mexico -it was important because it helped with settling the main borders of the United States of America -
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Bleeding Kansas
-was a time of violence as Kansas was settling -fighting of whether it should be a free state of slave state -important because Kansas became a free state -
Fred Scott Decision
-a trail of whether a slave should be allowed to be in western states -a slave was being brought between free and slave states by his owner -this was important because it gave slave owners the right to take their slaves into western territories -
Harper's Ferry
-US military arsenal was targeted for an assault -handful of hostages were taken -important because it led to the execution of John Brown -
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-first state to succeed -
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Civil War
-bloodiest American War -union against the confederate states -it is important because it made people realize the importance of equality and made it a larger deal to the people in the states -
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Arkansas Succeeds
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Gettysburg
-was a turning point in the civil war -it was important because it was the battle that Lincoln used to prove how costly the war was -
Gettysburg Address
-speech made by Abraham Lincoln -talked about the importance of human equality -it is important because it opened the eyes of the Americans to the changes that were necessary -
13th Amendment
-abolished slavery -it is important because it is the reason that in present times we do not force others to work for us without getting paid, or anything out of their work that they are providing -
14th Amendment
-allowed citizenship to anyone born or neutralized in the United states -it was important because all the slaves who were freed were now considered citizens of the united states -
15th Amendment
-gave African American men the right to vote -it is important because it was a huge turning point in equality in the United States and treating everyone equally -
Emancipation Proclamation
-freed all slaves -occurred in the third year that war was going on -it was important because it let many slaves free which helped lead to blacks being given more rights in the United States of America