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Compromise of 1850: (The omnibus Bill) It was an argument between the nothern and southern part of the union about slavery. The Kansas Nebraska Act: This act allowed new territories to determine whether they wanted to be a slave state or a free slave state. Bleeding Kansas: This term is used to describe the amount of violence used during the settling of Kansas territory. The Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott had lived in his free state and moved to the slave state of missouri. He argued that he was a free man for the time he had spent in his free state and the U.s Supreme court disagreed. The court had said that no colored person could claim that he or she has U.S. citizenship. Lincoln – Douglas Debates: They were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. The debates discussed the iconflict over slavery and state rights. Harper’s Ferry: (Sept. 12-16 1862) As Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It had been a major victory. Lincoln’s Election: In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. He again faced Douglas during this election. Lincoln put an end to slavery. Fort Sumter: The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of U.S. Fort Sumter, by the Confederates, and the return gunfire and a surrender by the U.S. Army that started the American Civil War. (1861-1865) Bull Run: On July 21, 1961, was the first major land battle of the civil war. It was from the Union and Confederate armies coming together by Manases Junction, Virginia. Antietam: The Battle of Antietam, was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign. The victory helped Abraham Licoln issue his Emancipation Proclomation. Emancipation Proclamation: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on January 1, 1863 even though Lincoln had actually thought of it months before. This Proclamation was to free the slaves in the southern states. He wanted to make sure that this Proclamation would them protect the slaves as well so they were not forced to fight in the Civil War. Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address: The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. This is where the bloodiest battle of the Civil war was. Andersonville Prison: Located near Andersonville, Georgia, a Confederate military prison. It had been the South's largest prison for captured Union soldiers. It was a very unhealthy prison and had a very higgh death rate. Surrender at Appomattox Court House: On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This took place in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This surrender had ended the American Civil war. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, a few days after the Civil war ended, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. Wilkes had been a confederate sympathyzer. Reconstruction: (1865-1877) This refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of many questions. |