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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Comprise is the decision in which Missouri became a free or a slave state. Congress decided for it to become a slave state, but the rest of the Lousiana Purchase to be ban from slavery -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion in Virginia that ended up killing 55 to 65 people. 51 of those people were white -
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The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful plan that would ban slavery in Mexico. He fought for two years and it never became a law -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was when five bills were sent by Congress. The five bills were
A stricter fugitive slave law
California's entry into the Union as a free state
A boundary is drawn between New Mexico and Texas, stopping slavery in its tracks
The outlaw of the slave trade in Washington, DC
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book that was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book talked about how slaves were treated. This book is important because it helped the Civil War and increased decision making in the North. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second most popular book in the 19th century, coming second to the Bible. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was also known as one of the first battles of the Civil War because on the field which North and South meet. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
The Dred Scott v. Sanford was when a slave, Dred Scott was brought to a free slave was when his owner died. Congress had a hard time deciding but came to the decision of giving him to the slave owner's family and was eventually freed. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates where seven debates between Abraham Lincoln from the Republican Party and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas from the Democratic Party. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
When Lincoln was nominated president, the south wasn't happy because he was anti-slavery. The day that Lincoln became president, the South became its own country called
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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first state to leave the US and become its country, the Confederates. This was followed by Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana who left later. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle between the Confederates and the Union. This took place in South Carolina and there were a lot of gunshots fired. In the end, the Union surrendered and the Confederates won, which resulted in the Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was when Lincoln issued out the 13th Amendment which freed 3.5 million slaves, -
The Battle of Gettysburg
A major battle where the North wins the battle but also starts to win the Civil War. -
North Captures Atlanta
General Sherman, the general for the North captures Atlanta -
General Robert E. Lee surrenders
The General of the Confederate Army surrenders at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant -
President Lincoln is Assassinated
President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth and dies the day after.
