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The Missouri Compromise was a 36 30 line that divides free soil states and slave states. Missouri enters the USA as a slave state and Maine enters as a free soil state. Congress is trying to balance free and slave states.

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The Wilmot Proviso is a congressional proposal that prohibits slavery in the territories recently bought by the US. It brought up the debate of slavery in the West.

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The Gold Rush was the search of gold in California after it was found by James W. Marshal. More than 300,000 people went abroad for hopes of finding gold. It spurred economic growth in California as well as industrial development in America.

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Henry Clay promoted a resolution to slow down the crisis between the North and South. The Compromise of 1850 created the Fugitive Slave Act and slave trade was abolished. The compromise also entered California as a free slave state. It settled lots of slavery issues and it was easier for slaves to escape to freedom.

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Kanas Nebraska Act allowed the decision of a free or slave state to be decided by popular soverignty. It repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery in the North.

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Many settlers moved to Kansas to fight of its status in slavery. John Brown, an abolitionist, killed five pro-slavery settlers. Democrats didn't like this and combined the Liberty party and the Republican Party together. This caused the creation of the free soil position.

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Dred Scott, a slave who was taken from a slave territory to a free territory, demanded freedom from his master. It went to the Supreme Court but they declared he wasn't even a civilian just a owned property of a civilian. This was declared unconstitutional and Congress can no longer makes laws restricting slavery expansion.

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John Brown takes others with him to Harper Ferry, were their attempted raid failed. His goal was to raise concerns of slavery. Six years later, slavery was abolished.

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The second time the Republican Party had a candidate in the presidential race. The race had four main candidates so Lincoln was able to get more electoral votes and win.

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The Confederate States attacked attacked a military garrison It was the first battle of the Civil War.

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A proclamation issued by President Lincoln that declared all slaves are free. But it only freed slaves within Union control. Lincoln used the Emancipation Proclamation as a ploy to encourage the Confederate States to rejoin the USA.

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The Battle of Gettysburg and the Fall of Vicksburg were a turning point in the Civil War. The Union army won Gettysburg and the strategic plans used in Vicksburg cause the Confederates to surrender.

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Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah. They burnt/destroyed everything important to the Confederates. The purpose was to create difficulties for Confederates ability to wage war.

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The Appomattox Courthouse is the location where the commander of the Confederates(Robert E. Lee) officially surrendered to the Lieutenant General of the Union(Ulysses S. Grant).

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The 13th Amendment states that slavery or involuntary servitude, except for a crime convicted, is legal. This was African Americans first step towards freedom and a decline in South's economy.

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The 14th amendment enforced that laws wouldn't be made against the natural rights of a citizen. It prevented the South from making laws keeping AA's right to freedom.

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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 were four statues for passed stating the requirements for Southern States to be readmitted to the Union.

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May 10, 1869

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The 15th amendment allowed all male citizens to vote. This includes black men and increased the rights of AA's in total.

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The Ku Klux Klan Act was issued to protect the civil and political rights of African Americans. It authorized the President to intervene in any violent acts by the Ku Klux Klan.

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A massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by the US Army. It broke any organized resistance to reservation life.