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Date: September 18, 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29 of 1850, in attempt to stop crisis from happening between the north and south. September 18, 150 President Fillmore signed five of the laws.It defused the North(free states) and South(slave states) for a while.
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*California was admitted to the Union as a free state
*The remainder of the Mexican Cession was divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery
*The claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico was satisfied by a payment of $10 million
*New legislation (the fugitive Slave Act) was passed to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their masters
*The buying and selling of slaves (but not slavery) was abolished in the Distract of Columbia

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~The debate lasted for nine months
~The Compromise of 1850 brought peace for a deade
~The original proposal was presented by Kentucky Senator, Henry Clay
~Henry Clay left Congress as he was too ill from tuberculosis
~The vote was divided into sectional differences as oppose to party lines

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Date: May 30, 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed that the United States be split in two territories, Nebraska in North as a free state and Kansas in the South  as a slavery state. Both states were allowed popular sovereignty. The reason it is known as "Bleeding Kansas", is because when they both became states pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists flooded the states and started voting. It overturned the "Missouri Compact" when Kansas became a slavery state by allowing a slavery state about the 36 30° N line. People in the North was against this act, but people in the south supported it.
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The phrase used by citizens could decide whether slavery was allowed or not

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~The Kansas-Nebraska Act, was one of the main contributors towards the end of the Missouri Compromise
~Kansas officially became a state in 1861, and Nebraska in 1867
~As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, thousands of pro-slavery people began to move to Kansas just so they could vote for slavery
~The Act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois
~Northerners established a free soil campaign

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Date: October 16, 1859

An abolitionist, John Brown came to Harper's Ferry on July 3, 1859 to give weapons to the slaves. On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and twenty one others including his six sons invaded the town and started a raid. Towards the end of the night 10 of his men including five of his sons died. His other son went to California to live his life in a free state. His dad, John Brown was arrested and hanged for his crime. The raid failed, but six years later his dream was found and slavery became illegal in the U.S.

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~The largest surrender of United States forces during the Civil War took place at Harper's Ferry
~During the Civil War, Harper's Ferry became a significant Union Army Camp, headquarters site , and logistical supply base
~The Civil War Trust has saved hundreds of acres of land Harper's Ferry
~A cavern just outside Harper's Ferry served as a hiding place for Confederate guerrilla raiders throughout the war
~Between 1861 and 1865 , Harper's Ferry changed hands fourteen times

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Date: November 6, 1860
Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family in Kentucky and grown up and practiced law in Illinois. Some years later three other candidates ran against him for president. The Constitutional Union Party was also new and only used in the Election of 1860. Lincoln was a former Whig, and ran on a political platform against the expansion of slavery in the territories. Lincoln won the election of 1860 that some people opposed of and the outbreak of the Civil War began. He was the first Republican president. The 16th president used his time to try to abolish slavery and put the United States together as one. He was at camps, on the battle field, and talking to the generals during the was. Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Sadly, Abraham Lincoln died April 15, 1865.
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Date: April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln announced plans to resupply the fort Confederate Leaders ordered an attack just before sunrise on April 12th of 1861. An explosion happened by the Confederate and it was the first shot of the Civil War and the rest to come. Lincoln refused to surrender the fort and fought. The major effect of the battle was that it marked the beginning of the Civil War. The battle had numerous effects, after this one several new states seceded from the Union giving the Confederacy eleven states in total.

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~It took place April of 1861
~Fort Sumter was purposely built to protect Charleston Harbor
~More than 100 troops at the Fort Sumter were commanded by Major Anderson
~The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the American Civil War
~General Pierre Beauregard headed the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861

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Date: July 21, 1861
This battle was the first major battle and land battle of the Civil War. Some people call this the Battle of First Manassas because it was in Prince William County, Virginia; just the north of the city Manassas and about 30 miles west-southwest of Washington D.C. At the end the South won and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was key to the victory. It shocked the Union(North).

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~It was the first large battle of the Civil War
~The battle actually has two names
*The First Battle of Bull Run
*The First Battle of Manassas
~At first the Union troops the upper hand driving the Confederates back to Henry Hill
~Union troops reached the battlefield after an exhausting two day march from Washington D.C. in extremely hot muggy weather
~Due to poor coordination of attacks by the Union Commander and the arrival of Confederate reinforcements, the Confederates turned the tide of battle and won

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Date: September 17, 1862
This battle was the bloodiest single-day, roughly 12 hours, battle of the war. This battle is also known as The Battle of Sharpdburg. It happened in Antietam Creek, Maryland. What caused the Union to attack the Confederate Army was when the Confederate threatened Washington, D.C. The battle began early morning when the Union Army, under General Joseph Hooker, attacked the Confederate army on the left flank. Surprisingly the Union won at the end, when the Confederate knew the land more. Robert Lee, Leader of the South, lost one fourth of his army. Two results came out of this victory
*Union won
*Lincoln was so proud by the battle he told people about Emancipation Proclamation five days later
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The proclamation declared "that all people held slaves" within rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -The effect took date January 1, 1863.

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~The Battle of Antieam Creek in Sharpsbug, Maryland
~The battle was fought on September 17, 1862
~With 23,000 casualties, this was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
~Much of the fighting was done at close range. Most soldiers were within  100 yards or less of each other
~The battle lasted about 12 hours and the front line of fighting was basically unchanged from when the battle began

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Date: January 1, 1863
This was an executive order issued five days after the Battle of Antietam by Abraham Lincoln, September 22, 1862. It took effect effect January 1, 1863. It was used to free slaves in the Confederate (Southern) states, but not to the border states. This tried helping to free slaves in the United States.

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~Lincoln actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation twice
~The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to the states in rebellion
~Lincoln's advisors did not initially support the Emancipation Proclamation
~The Emancipation Proclamation was a firm demonstration of the President's executive war powers
~The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the Civil War

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Date: May 18-July 4, 1863
Confederate Forces led by General C. Pemboton tried to stop a couple of things that the Union was in with them, like battles. It was like a battle like the rest, but fighting over the Mississippi River. After the battle on May 22 a fourty-seven day sieged soon happened and when it was over the Union won and gained the Mississippi River on July fourth. Afterward the Confederacy split into two.

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~The Confederate forces were by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
~Pemberton commanded four other generals
~The siege began with a series of failed Union frontal assaults
~Union gunboats fired over 22,000 shells into Vicksburg during the siege
~Disease claimed the lives of many civilians and soldiers in Vicksburg

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Date: July 1-July 4, 1863
After the Battle of Antietam Robert E. Lee was furious and decided to do a little payback. He had a plan to invade the North. For what the Union did, but the Union was already there and a battle happened in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two amazing armies, but it came to an end and third of Lee's army died and the Union won once again.

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~The battle was fought at Gettysburg because of the area road system-it had nothing to do with shoes
~The First Day's battle was a much larger engahement than is generally portrayed
~The Second Day's battle was the largest and costliest of the three days
~Of 120 generals present at Gettysburg, nine were killed or mortally wounded during the battle
~Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill were far more important than Little Round Top

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Date: April 9, 1865
Abraham Lincoln was still president and proud of the proclamation. Robert Lee traveled and commanded the Army of North Virginia. North Virginia was a Confederate state  and had the biggest army out of all he other southern states. This was one of the last few battles of the Civil War. No other southern states wanted to go. As the confederate was heading up the Union found them and a battle started. It ended with Lee surrendering to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the same day, April 9, 1865.

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~In just over one week before the battle at Appomattox Court House, Lee had lost more than half of his army
~AT Appomattox Court House, Lee made his final attempt to escape Grant's reach
~Grant agreed to parole the entire Army of Northern Virginia rather than take them as prisoners
~The surrender terms were drafted by a Native American
~Wilmer McLean moved to Appomattox Court House to avoid war

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Date: April 14, 1865
President Lincoln was going out with his wife to see "Our American Cousin", a once-popular comedy play, in the Ford's theater in Washington, D.C. John Wilkes is a known actor in the south and didn't really get noticed when he was by everyone in the theater. John went up and behind Lincoln's booth and held a gun behind his head and shot. John jumped from the balcony and yelled "Sic Semper Tryannis". He ran out the door, soon the police caught him and Lincoln was sent to the hospital. Lincoln could've survived without the doctors digging in his head everywhere. He died the day after on April 15, 1865 peacefully.

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~Booth initially planned to kidnap Lincoln
~Ulysses S. Grant was originally scheduled to be at Lincoln's side
~Lincoln's murder was part of a larger plot to decapitate the government
~The lives of the Lincolns'guests at Ford's Theatre ended in tragedy as well
~Mary Todd Lincoln thought the vice president was involved in the conspiracy

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