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Missouri Compromise
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Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was the devision of the Nebraska territory. They let the people who lived there decide if they would be a slave state or a free state. As a result people from the North and South moved to their respective territories. This enactment was also known as "Bleeding Kansas". -
Dred Scott
The Dred Scott case was a court case in which Dred Scott, a slave who's owner recently died and lived in the North, pleeded for his freedom. -
Harpers Ferry
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John Brown
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Lincoln elected
Lincoln is the first republican elected. -
Secession of South Carolina
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Secession of Mississippi
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Secession of Florida
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Secession of Alabama
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Secession of Georgia
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Secession of Louisiana
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Secession of Texas
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Fort Sumter
The first battle of the Civil War. -
Secession of Virginia
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Secession of Arkansas
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Secession of North Carolina
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Secession of Tennessee
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Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation. This freed the slaves in the Confederate states of America. -
Vicksburg
The Union won the battle at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Giving them control of the Mississippi river. -
Reconstruction
From this point on, the USA focused on rebuilding the US. -
10% plan
Lincoln said that any state could be reintergrated into the United States of America, if ten percent of their people took an oath to support the Emancipation Proclomation. -
Reconstruction
This era lasted from 1865 to 1877. It focused on rebuilding the USA. -
Surrender
This date is when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox court house.
