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Mexican-American War
It started when 16 Americans were killed in a stand off with Mexicans. Polk took this as a reason to start war, and Congress passed it -
Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo
This treaty was created which ended the war. This was a treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement between the United States and the Mexican republic. -
California Gold Rush
This is when California becomes a state because they have a population exceeding 60,000. Hundreds of people of all races and backgrounds were traveling towards manifest destiny and the promise of fortunes waiting to be cultivated. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The first installment of Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared on June 5, 1851 in the anti-slavery newspaper, The National Era. Stowe enlisted friends and family to send her information and scoured freedom narratives and anti-slavery newspapers for first hand accounts as she composed her story. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a best seller in the United States, Britain, could be categorized as a political movement because of how it led to the Civil War. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Led by John Brown, an abolitionist. Due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, both proslavery and antislavery Americans flocked to Kansas to sway the vote for that state. This would erupt in vicious attacks that led to a lot of bloodshed. This would be a political change along with a social change. -
Fort Sumter
This is the start of the Civil War. This is a war fought between the north and south of the United Sates. This was a war fought to unify the United States. This could be seen as an economic, political and social change because of the vast impact it would have on the nation as a whole. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A statement made by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. It stated that slaves held in rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” It gave freedom to slaves residing in seceded states, which gave them something to fight for. It would lead to a major social change in the south. -
Battle of Gettysburg
At this point in the war the South was winning. The Battle of Gettysburg was the first Northern victory. After this victory, the war started to be in their favor. This was a social change because the North was able to regain hope in their eventual success in this war. -
Appomattox Courthouse
This was the verbal end of the Civil War where Lee surrendered the confederacy to Grant. It would lead to economic changes because soldiers could go back to their jobs -
Compromise of 1877
This was a informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 US presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the reconstruction era. This was a social and political change.