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Thomas Jefferson was a very crucial president in the westward expansion. He is the president that bought and went into negotiation to get the Louisiana territory to ultimately lead to the beginning of the westward expansion. This ties back to the civil war because the only reason it happened was that there were very heated and violent debates on whether slavery should be allowed in the new territory.

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Gabriel first got the inspiration to start a rebellion from the Saint-Domingue revolutions of 1789. His plan spread far and fast which was risky but it help get support fast. He first got his brother Solomon and another servant Prosser to help him in is fight. His goal was to get 1,000 slaves to help him. He planned this uprising for august 30th. but on that day Virginia got hit with one of the hardest lighting storms and many people lost faith an betrayed him so before the plan could even start it was over, later that day he was hung in front of many people alone. This event led up to the civil war but not in a good way for the slaves because many betrayed Gabriel and let them get captured and hung which put even more fear in to the slaves to no try and start a rebellion. But this also problly showed to the slave owners that they were losing control so this can make them have tighter slave laws and more punishments which will make tensions rise between the two groups even more

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the Louisiana purchase was a huge stretch  of land that Thomas Jefferson wanted to to explore. But he first wanted this territory for new Orleans because of trade purposes. This because this land was held by the French at the time and America did not want the French handling there good so the went into negotiation. At first they just went it to negotiation for New Orleans but later on since France wanted to focus on Europe and the things going on there so they offered New Orleans for 2 million and the Louisiana territory for 15million, the USA bought the land and started to explore. This raised questions and tension in the states because people were wondering if slaves were going to be allowed in this new territory.

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This was the group that lead the discovery of the Louisiana territory. they were tasked to learn new thing a bout the plants and animals in that territory, also to see if there was a water way that connected Missouri to the pacific ocean for moving goods, and to make good relation ships with native American tribes on the way. This lead to the civil war because after they discovered this land people started to move there and people where torn on weather they should have slaves or not, which raised tensions between the two groups.

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Robert E. Lee was the leading general for the Confederate states Armies all throughout the civil war. while yes he did end up losing the war he was know was a renowned war tactician   because he won many battles with in the war. He was the biggest part in the confederate states armies and conducted all the movements and attacks , and with out him the confederate sates would have lost a lot sooner. Later on he became the president of Washington collage but after his death in 1870 it was reamed Washington and Lee collage in remembrance of him.

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Jefferson Davis was a senator for the confederate states after being in the military and gaining respect for his achievements by many people. When he was elected senator for the confederate states he was almost institutionally named secretary of war. So he was a huge part of making decisions for the confederate states when in the war. But later one was inducted for treason and never tried but he was always seen as the pride as the confederate states.

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This was an uprising on the coast of New Orleans about 40 miles away. in the rebellion they were killing slave owners and there family's. the leader of this revolt was named Charles Deslondes. The army was only about 124 people but they all had guns and killed basically any whites they saw. they wanted to take the city of new Orleans. They were eventually stooped by by the militia and it was a two day battel between the groups. This was one of the biggest revolts in history from the slaves because they were close to new Orleans and the only thing hat stopped them was a militia. This made things even worse for the slaves though because there are not even tighter restrictions on them but it did bring a little hope to some of them that it is possible to maybe stop slavery.

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It was a war that was fought between Canada( Britain),America and a native tribe. This war was nick named the 2nd independence war. The war lasted around 3 years.

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The Missouri compromise started many heated debates because after Missouri applied to become a states, it would make it be as ether the free states would have more power or the slaves states would get more power. The compromise that they agreed on to "try" and make everyone happy is that Missouri would join as a slave states but Maine would turn into a free state, and there would be a line drew at 36 30 latitude line which said that anything below this line was slave states ad anything above it would be free states. This was a pretty big event leading up to the civil war because this made it hard to states that would be created right into the middle of the line and weather they should be free or slave states.

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Clara Barton was an educator, nurse and founder of the red cross, she was an independent nurse who helped and saved many people on both sides of the war. Soon though she felt like there was more that she could do so she went to Europe and created the red crossed, and after she created the red cross she lobbied for a american branch and sent medical supplies over. This helped both sides very much but unfortunately led to more death because both sides were getting stronger from her efforts.

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Fredrick Douglass was a very important activist and leader in the Abolishment moment. He was born into slaver somewhere around 1818 in Maryland. He was know as one of the smartest slaves or people in his time because he spoke to thousands of people about so many problems including abolishing slavery, women's right's and the Irish home rule, but he was also advising persistent in the time of the civil war,And it felt like anything and almost everything he said could be turned into a quote for example, “If there is no struggle there is no progress. . . . Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

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This was much like the cost of Germany rebellion in the since of there goal was to kill their former plantation owners and people in white neighborhoods. The group was made up of 70 men who were enslaved and free black men. in one day they killed 55 to 60 whites. right as the white mulita started to attack them some members of Nat turners group went against him which concluded his rebellion. a few day later they sized him and decide that he would be hanged.

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Robert smalls was an African American man who was taken from his home and enslaved by the confederate slaves. But when he got the opportunity he escaped on a confederate ship and got to freedom. Later on he became a caption of the union navy in the civil war. Then after that he became a politician for the south Carolina legislature and was a part of the house of representative for a little. but wile he was in office he was an activist for equal right, and he had a voice that was heard on the situation because he was in the house of representatives.

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Harriet Tubman was many amazing things like being a union spy, being a "conductor" on the underground rail road and a nurse in the civil war. She escaped slavery and went north from Pennsylvania but then went back for her friends and family to take them with her to freedom. She did 13 trips to freedom and back to save 70 slaves and make them free. Harriet Tubman was a nurse the the civil war but with her efforts from getting slaves to free land, raised tensions and created laws that said any slaves that fled to free states must be returned.

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George was one if not the most prolific inventor in the civil war with one of his biggest achievement being making the rail roads faster so that people could get there supply's faster, and he was only helping the union. He also served the union army and nay before leaving and creating these railroads to help the union beat the confederates. While he was not the most well know hero of the unions victory to end slaver he was definitely a very crucial part in the process.

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The Wilmot Proviso was a legislation proposed by David Wilmot at the close of the Mexican American war. if the proviso was passed it would out law in slavery in all the new territories gained by the united sates. There were debates on this legislation for 2 years and many of them got very intense and even violent but it was one of the first major discussions of secession. this lead to the civil war because it was one of the biggest discussions on this topic and it also made sure that this topic came up for a long time.

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America went into war with Mexico in 1846 over territory, this event is also called the Mexican cession. but also while this was going on the people of the abolishment movements were as heated as ever by sending many petitions to Washington D.C that congress just decided to ignore. Then they ultimately decided that it was a problem that they did not want to deal with anymore so they deiced to create popular sovereignty. Which said that people would decide if a state was free or not by popular vote. This led to a lot of violence in the new states over this topic for example the devastating event in Kansa, But this was the violence sprouted from to lead to the civil war.

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when Kansas became a stat it also became a breeding ground of political violence due to popular sovernty. They were voting on wither slaves should be allowed in this new state. but soon later it was nicknamed bleeding Kansas because of the violence that was taking place there, Lawrence, Kansas was attacked one day by Pottawattamie, Kansan, because Lawrence was an anti-slavery town and Pottawattamie was a pro-slavery town. This lead to much violence over the topic of slavery and was kind of like a little civil war for Kansas.

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Ulysses S. Grant was a U.S general for the union in the late years of the civil war. He was trusted to make all the commands for the U.S armies. From when he became a general in 1864 it only took 1 year to end the war after the efforts of everyone that came before him, but what stood out about him was his tactic to win the war. He would relentlessly attack the confederate states armies with total offence and this overwhelm the enemy so the union did not really need any defense. After the civil war ended Grant became the 18th president, but he and his administration was filled with scandal and soon after he left the presidency.

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Abraham lincoln was the most influential and important president in the civil war because he created and signed Emancipation Proclamation, which said that all slaves should and will be free. but then the south created the confederate states and basically tried to become their own country, but Abraham Lincon said that they could not do that. so the confederate states started a war which was the civil war, and as we all know w the confederate states lost the war, and slavery was finally abolished.