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andrew jackson
Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel. -
trail of tears
This is a picture of the trail of tears and this shows you the way of the trail of tears and it goes on., -
abraham linclon
Abraham Lincoln, the son of a farmer, was born born near Hodgenville, Kentucky, on 12th February, 1809. Although his parents were virtually illiterate, and he spent only a year at school, he developed a love of reading. In March 1830, the Lincoln family moved to Illinois. -
harriet tubman
Araminta Ross [Harriet Tubman] was born into slavery in 1819 or 1820. Because she was a slave her birthdate is unknown -
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monroe doctrine
Spain’s Latin American colonies took advantage of the mother country’s distraction by the Napoleonic Wars and struggled for independence. By the early 1820s, monarchical elements were in control in continental Europe and rumors about the restoration of the Spanish empire began to fly. This was not good news for the United States, which resented European involvement in its backyard, nor was it met with approval by Britain, which profited richly from Latin American trade. -
the battle of alamo
this picture is has some people in it that when they fought that is what they wore and that is what they did when the foughrt -
compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 was an intricate package of five bills, passed in September 1850, defusing a four year confrontation between the slave states -
dread scott vs.sanford
In 1846, Dred Scott, a slave, sued in a Missouri court for his freedom from his master. -
california gold rush
John Sutter was a Swiss emigrant who arrived in California in 1839. He became a Mexican citizen and received a land grant of 50,000 acres in Sacramento Valley. -
wilmont proviso
The Wilmot Proviso in 1846 proposed that any territory acquired from Mexico be closed to slavery. Even though the bill was not passed, it was important in history because it pertained to slavery in the South. -
uncle tom's cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe achieved what is, clearly, her greatest notoriety for writing the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin between 1851 and 1852. She was radically inspired by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, and managed to write one of the most successful works(if not the most successful work) of abolitionist literature. It is even said that Abraham Lincoln described her as the “little woman” who started the “great war.” Though this presidential endorsement might be entirely one of legend -
Gadsden purchase
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kanas-nebrask act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was 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. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter lasted less than two days, and the island fort at Charleston, South Carolina, held no great military significance. But the impact of the bombardment was felt profoundly in all regions of the nation. -
battle of bull run
This battle started because of the bombardment of Fort Sumter.The battle began in the backyard of a man named Mr. McLean. -
emancipation proclimation
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
battle of gettysburg
This picture is them fighting and the battle of gettysburg went on for about three days -
gettyburg address
In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia of 75,000 men and the 97,000 man Union Army of the Potomac, under George G. Meade, concentrated together at Gettysburg and fought the Battle of Gettysburg. -
battle of antietam
It was the bloodiest day in American history, with D-day being only half as bad. It was certainly the bloodiest day of the Civil War. -
thieteenth amedment
the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution had been passed by the House of Representatives and had been ratified by the required number of states, that slavery was finally abolished everywhere in the United States -
ku klux klan
This is the kkk also know as the ku klux klan.These people do not like coloed people and they would kill the colored people -
underground railroad
The white is railroads that leads throught the west side of the states -
fourteenth amedment
provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could not be citizens of the United States. -
fifteenth amendment
to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
