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Millard Fillmore elected president
our 13th president, served from 1850-1853. He promoted the Compromise of 1850.
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Telegraph invented
Samuel F morse invented the telegraph in 1844.Image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-65756557/stock-photo-morse-key-isolated-on-white.html -
Dred Scott attempts to sue his master
Dred scott was a slave that tried to sue his master in court. His case was overruled, but ten years later the same matter came up again.
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Zachary Taylor
Elected as our 12th president in 1849, but died suddenly in 1850.Image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-19354744/stock-photo-american-president-zachary-taylor.html -
know-nothings
A political party that evolved druing the 1850's out of the nativist movement.
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compromise of 1850
Agreement that served as a resolutoin regarding the expansion of slavery into western territories. Image retrieved from:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_senate_debate.jpg -
Fugitive slave act
This act was part of the compromise of 1850, and it called fro all citizens of the US to assist in the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
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Millard Fillmore
13th president of US, he took over after the sudden death of Zachary Taylor. He also passed the compromise of 1850.image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-19352410/stock-photo-american-president-millard-fillmore.html -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Book published in 1852, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, discussing the oppression of slavery. image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-37450798/stock-photo-mountain-cabin.html -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected president of the US in 1852. image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-19345069/stock-photo-portrait-of-american-president-franklin-pierce.html -
Emigrant aid societies
These groups formed to help new englanders immigrate to Kansas to help beef up the votes to do away with slavery.
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kansan-Nebraskan act
Law passed in 1854 that called for citizens in each territory to make their own decision regarding the issue of slavery.image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-60345721/stock-photo-a-green-two-way-street-sign-with-arrows-and-the-words-you-decide.html -
John C. Fremont ran for president
Military officer and politician who first gained attention for his role in the bear flag revolt. He then ran for president in 1856, but lost.
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James Buchanan elected
Our 15th president was elected, serving from 1857-1861.
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Scott Vs. Sandford
A supreme court case which cited that slaves were not citizens. leading to the declaration that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
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Canibals! all!
Book written by George Fitzhughs, published in 1857 . Depicted northerners engaged in business and industry, as being morally inept .Image retrieved from:http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-56959624/stock-photo-index-finger-on-black-background.html -
John Brown executed
John Brown was an abolitionist who led 2 famous attacks. One ending in his trial and execution for treason, when he attacked the arsenal in virginia.
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Confederate states of America
The 7 states that seceded from the union in 1860, including South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisianna, and Texas.
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First shots fired
The civil war officially started this day, the first shots were fired and all hell broke loose.
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First Battle of Bull Run
1st battle of the Civil War, which was won by the confederate forces in July, 1861. It is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in North America.
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The Trent Affair
The US intercepted the british ship Trent, and removed two of it's generals. A war almost broke out from this but issues were resolved and prisoners were returned and war was evaded.
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Battle between Merrimack and Monitor.
Battle between a Union ship and a Confederate ship.
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Confederate draft law passed
The confederates were now drafting soldiers, because they did not have enough soldiers befor they did so.
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Battle of Shiloh
Civil war Battle in Tennessee in 1862.
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Pacific Railroad Act
this act authorized extensive land grants to railroad companies in order to create transcontinental railroads.
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Battle of Antietam
Civil War battle in Maryland in 1862.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Civil war battle in Virginia in 1863, won by the Confederate forces.
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Emancipation proclamation
Issued in January 1st, 1863 which was intended to free the slaves in southern territories. Issued by Abraham Lincoln.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Civil war battle in Virginia in 1863, won by the Confederate Forces. This was a very major battle in the history of the civil war.
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General George McClellan
Initially led union forces, later ran againts president Lincoln for president during the 1864 election .
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Atlanta Captured
The union Forces captured Atlanta, and the war started coming to a close!
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Official End of the Civil War
Generals Lee and and Grant met at a private residence and signed a resolution, finally ending the War that had gone on for far too long.
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Abraham Lincoln assasinated
the Celebration of the end of the war was cut short when president lincoln was assasinated by a man by the name of John wilk Booth, who had been in cahoots with some southern conspiritors in D.C for awhile.
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Thirteen Amendment
Abolished slavery in 1865, issued by Abraham Lincoln during his presidency.
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