https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07 Timothy Smirnov, Christopher Delgado, Joseph Guercio en-us 2023-08-29 12:10:03 UTC 2023-08-31 12:38:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679658462 The emancipation proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on january 1st, 1863. It was an executive order that freed all slaves in the Confederate states, and allowed them to join the armed forces of the United States.]]> 2023-08-31 11:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679658462 0398338 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679658900 Westward expansion, although really beginning in earnest in 1803 began with a treaty with france where the U.S. paid 15 million for the Louisiana territory basically doubling the size of the U.S. which in turn led to a clear separation of the north and the south by way of agriculture and source of moneys. which would have eventually led to the Missouri compromise.]]> 2023-08-31 11:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679658900 0398338 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679661018 The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act. This would encourage separation of ideals and lead to the formation of the republicans.]]> 2023-08-31 11:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679661018 0398338 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679662970 The Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The early Republican Party consisted of northern Protestants, factory workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after the Civil War, former black slaves. ]]> 2023-08-31 11:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679662970 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679663476 The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment composed entirely of African American troops. The regiment served in the American Civil War and distinguished themselves as strong soldiers, becoming famous across the United States.]]> 2023-08-31 11:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679663476 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679664208 The bleeding Kansas- Nebraska was created to repeal the Missouri Compromise It created 2 new territories and caused "Bleeding Kansas", where pro- slavery and anti-slavery activists flooded in to sway the vote]]> 2023-08-31 11:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679664208 0398338 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679668187 The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. This act was made during the compromise of 1850.]]> 2023-08-31 11:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679668187 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671225 The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle in the American Civil War. The battle occured in Gettysburg, Pensylvania, and resulted in the most casulaties out of the entire war. It was won by the Union, and many describe it as a turning point of the war.]]> 2023-08-31 11:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671225 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671440 The Ostend Manifesto was a document was a document that described that The US should buy cuba from spain while giving the impression that should spain refuse, they will go to war]]> 2023-08-31 11:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671440 0398338 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671670 An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War. ]]> 2023-08-31 11:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679671670 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679676936 The Dred Scot Decision that was brought up because a slave escaped to a free state, ended in denial of his citizenship even though he was in a free state, and was still considered someone's property ]]> 2023-08-31 12:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679676936 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679677706 The Seige of Vicksburg was a battle in which Union troops forced the surrender of Confederate troops at the stronghold that was Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg was the Confederate's last major stronghold, and so its capture, along with the simulteneous victory at Gettysburg, is considered to be a turning point in the war.]]> 2023-08-31 12:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679677706 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679687707 the territorial legislature could make it difficult for slave owners to re-capture escaped slaves. The slaves were protected in free states ]]> 2023-08-31 12:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679687707 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679695889 Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign in which Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops marched from Atlanta to the port of Savannah.  The troops destroyed military targets, infrastructure, and even civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economic and transportation networks, helping lead to its eventual surrender.]]> 2023-08-31 12:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679695889 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679702667 The Surrender at Appomattox was the end of one of the last battles of the American Civil War. The surrender of Confederate troops there sparked several subsequent surrenders, and the end of the war.]]> 2023-08-31 12:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679702667 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679704144 John Brown and a group of abolitionists captured citizens and seized the federal army and arsenal in an attempt to start an armed revolt and destroy slavery ]]> 2023-08-31 12:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679704144 0485733 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679708341 Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in a four-way contest]]> 2023-08-31 12:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679708341 0483440 https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679708793 The American Civil War was a war between the secessionist Confederate States and the United States. It was primarily sparked by differences in interest between the North and South when it came to slavery, as well as differing opinions on a state's right to secede.]]> 2023-08-31 12:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/0398338/t1ojnyidk3i5yg07/wish/2679708793