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Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay came up with a series of resolutions in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South -
Fugitive Slave Law
It was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise created an imbalance between the number of pro/anti-slavery states until the admission of Maine as an anti-slavery state. After becoming a pro-slavery state It allowed for an imaginary line to be drawn dividing the former Louisiana territory into pro and anti-slavery divisions. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
The people out West was now able to vote on the slavery issue. -
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Election of 1860
presidential election where Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge. -
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Abraham Lincoln
American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
Battle of Antietam
The biggest one day battle in history. 22,717 people died during the war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
It is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863 after a great victory over union forces at Chancellorsville.