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Missouri Compromise
A bill issuing Missouri as a slave state under the condition that slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Rebellion of black slaves that took place in Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. -
Mexican-American war Picture
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War with Mexico
A war between Mexico and America over the territory in America the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, establishing the Rio Grande and not the Nueces River as the U.S.-Mexican border. -
Wilmot Proviso
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Wilmot Proviso
An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe involving slavery on a plantation that brought attention to the poor conditions. -
Bleeding Kansas Picture
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Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1859 which emerged from a debate over the legality of slavery in Kansas. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery, this also repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom during the Dred Scott case. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
An effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
The 19th presidential election. Lincoln's election served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Formation of the Confederate States of America
Representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to formally establish a unified government, which they named the Confederate States of America. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina was one of the first battle that started the American Civil War. -
Civil War Picture
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Civil War
Abolitionists V.S. Angry Plantation Owners, went on for 4 years and was fought for the rights of slavery in America -
Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was one of the most important events of the American Civil War because the battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. It also led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation -
Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia and was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
