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Texes Social Studies
The issue of Slavery civil war
| The Issues leading to CW | people, events, |
|---|---|
| 19th Century | division intensified between slave holding south and non slave holding north. Congress made an effort to keep a balance between the number of slave states and free states |
| Missouri compromise of 1819 | no further states west could be slave states. Missouri let in as the last slave state in 1820 |
| The compromise of 1850 | admitted California as a free state, but also passed the fugitive slave law which resulted in escaped slave and in some cases free blacks being captured and returned to the south |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | published in 1852, the story by Harriet Beecher Stowe focused on the destruction of a slave family and humanized slaves |
| The Kansas/Nebraska Act 1854 | This act divided the Nebraska Territory in Nebraska and Kansas and allowed the residents of these areas to vote whether they wanted slavery or not. |
| Dred Scott decision of 1857 | Ruled that Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in both slave and free states was in fact property and be taken to any section of the country and remain a slave. Did not have rights/not a citizen |
| Abraham Lincoln | was elected in 1860, In April of 1861 southern troops captured Ft Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil war had begun. |
| The Union-North-Blues | Led by General Ulysses S Grant-Above the Mason-Dixon Line including the border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland. The Western part of Virginia succeeded from Virginia to become a new state. West Virginia. |
| The Confederacy-South-Grays | President Jefferson Davis-Military Led by General Robert E Lee-The border states of Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee joined the Deep South. Lee had many victories. |
| The WAR | In April of 1861 southern troops captured Ft Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil war had begun. lasted from 1861- 1865 more than 1 million casualties |
| Major Events | During 1863 *A Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation *General Grant captured Vicksburg, Mississippi and cut off a major supply line for the south *Battle of Gettysburg deadliest day in American History |
| Surrender | Appomattox courthouse-General Lee surrendered to General Grant |
| Assassination | One week after the confederate surrender-A Lincoln was assassinated in the Ford theater by John Wilkes Booth |
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