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The westward expansion is when the people did a significant push toward the west coast of North America in 1803.

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This led to The Missouri Compromise because with the expansion they now had to figure out how to deal with the spread of slavery into the western territories.

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The Missouri Compromise is an act that allowed the people of the missoury territory form their own constitution and state government. Which they were then admitted in as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

The Missouru Compromise led to The compromise of 1850 because there was controversy with congress over slavery The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise which left the issue of slavery of slavery unsettled.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures thatt was proposed by Henry Clay taht was passed by congress to settle issiues that were connected to slavery and avert the threat of dissolution of the union.

The Compromise of 1850 led to the formation of the republican because after that compramise was passed they continued with slavery so the republican was formed to combat the expansion of slavery by northern protestants.

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4.The Formation of the Republican party in 1854

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4.The Formation of the Republican party in 1854

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The Formation of the Republican is when nothern protestamts fromed a group to combat the expansion of slavery and was consisted of factiry workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after everything was over some former black slaves.

this led to the Fugitive slave law because the southerns were all mad that they were rebelling and running away that they started an act to bring them back.

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The Fugitive Slave Act is a a law that was passed between the southerns interests in slavery and the Northern Free-Soilers. this was the law that if a slave ran away to a free state the south had every right to get them back against their will.

This act led to Uncle Tom's Cabin being published because the act enraged Harriet Beecher Stowe to where she wrote a book inspired by uncle tom and how he was breing treated and what a life being a slave was like.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe after the fugitive slave act was passed bcause of how enraged she got about the act. The book is about Uncle Tom and how he is dedicated and noble and how they mistreated him. Which opened up many peoples persepctive on slavery and made them realize how bad they truly treat them.

This led to Bleed the Nebraska-Kansa act because it helped people stand up for for slavery and go against the people that were for it. This led to them starting to argue and eventually combating.

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The Kansas Nebraska act made two new territories. This allowed for the residents of each slavery to decide the issue of slavery. This act cause lots of debate between people.

The Kansas Nebraska act led to bleeding Kansas because many people did not agree on whether or not slavery should be a issue or not. Since two new territories were brought to light it would eventually cause chaos. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates would move to the territories to try to sway off the votes since it was popular sovereignty. This led to a really bad battle.

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Bleeding Kansas was a period of time with violent warfare between pro and anti slavery. After the creation of the new territories of Kansas. Both sides of anti-slavery and pro-slavery did things to threaten the other side.

Bleeding Kansas spread like wild fire through anti-slavery and pro-slavery advocates. The fight to keep Cuba acquired turned on.

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A document written in 1854 that described the rationale that the U.S would buy Cuba from Spain and if they did not agree they would cause war in Spain. They wanted for Cuba to be a independent Black Republic.

Ostend Manifesto spread hate on the spread of free black people.  Pro-slavery advocates wanted to keep slavery a thing. This led to people keeping their hatred about freeing slaves.

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The Dred Scott Decision explained that living in a free state did not entitle a enslaved person of their freedom. Scott was not considered an American citizen and could not enjoy the privileges of a American free citizen.

Dred Scott's decision was so significant it was a prime example. It upheld slavery and hate in many of the states. This made the fight for Anti-slavery advocates stronger and find a new way for new rules.

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Douglas said a territory can prevent slavery by failing to pass favorable legislation. Then the territorial legislature could make it difficult for slave owners to re-capture escaped slaves and let them be free.

Freeport doctrine wanted to prevent slavery. This connects with John Browns raid because it led for people wanting to do more about it. Anti-slavery advocates wanted for this to end entirely.

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Abolitionist John Brown leads a  group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry to try and start an armed army of enslaved people and destroy slavery.

After John browns raid the debate had gone so far about to reach a breaking point. This let Abraham Lincoln to defeat two Democrats and a third-party candidate in the presidential election of 1860.

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The Election of 1860 was occurring while slavery was the central issue. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won over John Breckinridge (Democrat), and John Bell ( Constitutional Union Party). Lincoln won a large majority of electoral votes, leading to his victory and causing the south to secede.

The South saw Lincoln as a threat to slavery as he had too much power and was more viewed as a Northerner who wanted to abolish slavery.

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The Civil War a war between the North and a South, U.S.A and Confederate States of America( a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861). This conflict began mostly as a result on the disagreement over slavery.

The Civil War lead up to the Emancipation Proclamation because if it weren’t for the Civil War, the decision of the Emancipation Proclamation would’ve never taken place.

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that “all persons held as a slave” within the rebellious states “are, and hence forward shall be free”.

This document provided the impetus for the recruitment of free Black men as soldiers.

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The Formation of the 54th Regiment was the first military unit consisting of Black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War. Prior to 1863, no concerted effort was made to recruit Black troops as Union soldiers.

The regiment lead up to the Battle of Gettysburg because it freed lots of black soldiers to be able to fight in the battle.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle in the American Civil War fought by Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end.

This battle lead to the battle of Vicksburg because it started the battle which had the last major Confederate stronghold

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The Battle of Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River; therefore capturing it completed the second part of the Northern strategy, the Anaconda Plan. The successful ending of the Vicksburg campaign significantly degraded the ability of the Confederacy to maintain its war effort.

When the Confederate Army surrendered to General Grant, he ordered Sherman to establish an exterior line of defense to the east of Vicksburg. Which lead to Sherman capturing Vicksburg itself.

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Sherman’s March to the Sea was an American Civil War campaign ;lasting from November 15- December 21, 1864, and Union Major General William Techmseh Sherman led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, going through the country side and demolishing both military outposts and civilian properties.

When Sherman waged a new campaign reserved for the first state to have left the Union, Robert E. Lee would surrender to the Union at the courthouse.

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When the Richmond fell, the Confederate capital, on April 2,1865, officials in the Confederate gov. fled. This event lead up to the surrender at Appomattox which took a place a week later on April 9, 1865.