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The Gadson Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was an agreement between the United States and Mexico made by James Gadsden which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States in 1854 involving anti-slavery and Free-Staters and pro-slavery -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
It was a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
Civil War: Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War -
Battle of Bull Run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. The untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
Harper Ferry's Raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam, making it the bloodiest day in American history. The Union victory at Antietam resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863 -
Slavery Abolished
The Thirteenth Amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States -
March to the Sea
It was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. -
Lee Surrenders
At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
KKK Formed
Klu Klux Klan is a secret society in the southern U.S. that focuses on white supremacy and terrorizes other groups -
Reconstruction Act
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union. -
John Impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson
