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The gold rush happening at California made Califonia have enough people to enter as a state in the US. Southerners mad that California entered as a state, so Henry Clay makes comprimise of 1850. Comprimise let Califonia enter as a free state but slavery in Utah and New Mexico was decided by popular sovereignty, also selling of slaves is banned in Washington DC. California entering as a free state in the US disrupted the balance between slave states and free states.

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Stephan Douglass wanted a railroad to be built to California. Douglass made two new states, Kansas and Nebraska allowed to chose if they were a slave state or not. Making these states get to chose if slave state or not made southerners and northerners split even more. The Kansas-Nebraska act also created the Republican party. The Republican party was the primary party for the northerners, or the anti-slavery party.

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Growth of the Republican Party (1854-1856)

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Growth of the Republican Party (1854-1856)

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After the Kansas-Nebraska act the Republican party was formed to oppose the act. During the House of Representatives Election in 1854 the Republican party first entered, and competed with many other parties. In the next election in 1856 all of the other parties realized that the republican party was very similar to their party, so they joined it. The Republican party in 1856 did very well for not being around for a while, and was a strong anti-slavery party.

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The main opposing party of the Democratic party was the Republican party. The Republican party chose Abraham Lincoln to run for presidant, he was a perfect candidate, and not very well known. Abraham Lincon became the first Republican presidant, he was against the spread of slavery. Southern states are angry with him wining the election and start voting to secede from the US. All of the southern states want to presruve African slavery, and think Lincoln is threatening that. The Confederates want to have a comprimise around slavery, but can't find one Lincoln will agree with. US tries to help the Confederates with supply ships, but the ships were attacked. US declared war on the Confederacy. Many other southern states join the Confederates.

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The Battle of Antietam was one of the deadliest battles in American History. The Union army had more than double the amount of troops than the Confederate army. Dispite the union army outnumberd the Confederate army so much, both sides experiance the same amount of casualties. Lincoln considered the battle a win, when in reality it was a loss for both sides. The battle being a Union victory let Lincoln have a opporotunity to to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was the first document that stated that all slaves should be free. Even with this document slavery still was not ended because the Emancipation Proclamation did not really enforce slavery being demolished.

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Lincoln knew Emancipation Proclamation was insuffecient. When he gets re-elected he wants an Amendment that will end slavery. January 31st, 1865 congress approved the 13th Amendment, and slavery was abolished in the Union. The war was basically over, the Confederate had no chance in winning, and slavery was going to be abolished.

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The Union Army destroys Richmond after Lee's army retreated, leaving Richmond undefended. After Confederate army retreats their army is completelty surrounded, and could not escape. Robert E. Lee notices that risistance is futile, and that their is no point to continue fighting. Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox court house, ending the war. With the war ending all slaves are free.