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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Campaign of 1844 |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Slidell Mission |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
General Taylor Occupies Disputed Territory |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Treaty of 1846 |
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| U.S. obtains Oregon Territory |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Mexican War 1846-1848 |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Bear Flag Republic |
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| California is briefly, a republic |
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JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
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| U.S. obtains present southwest region |
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ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850
Henry Clay Introduces the Compromise of 1850 |
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| Clay resolves conflict for the third time |
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ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850
Taylor opposes Compromise of 1850 |
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| "Rough and Ready" dislikes compromise |
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ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850
Taylor dies |
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| ice milk and cherries in July |
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MILLARD FILLMORE (W) 1850-1853
Compromise of 1850 passed into law |
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| major features were: California admitted as a free state, and Fugitive Slave Act. |
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MILLARD FILLMORE (W) 1850-1853
Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852 |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Gadsden Purchase |
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| completes continental expansion |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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| Stephen A. Douglas was the author |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Bleeding Kansas (1854-1858) |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Republican Party founded (1854) |
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| as a result of "Bleeding Kansas" |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Ostend Manifesto |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857
Sumner-Brooks Affair |
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| violence in the U.S. Senate |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
Dred Scott decision |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
Lincoln-Douglas debates |
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| contest for US Senate seat from Illinois |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
John Brown's raid |
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| Harper's Ferry, a federal arsenal |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
Election of 1860 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
Stephen A. Douglas |
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| Domacratic candidate in 1860 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
John Bell |
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| Constitutional Unionist in 1860 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
John Breckenridge |
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| southern candidate in election of 1860 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861
Seven Southern States secede |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Civil War Begins |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
First Battle of Bull Run |
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| Confederates defeat McDowell |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Lincoln Uses Emergency Powers |
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| declares war; raises army, issues and Income tax |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
President of CSA elected |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Battle of Shiloh |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Battle of Mechanisville |
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| Confederates are repulsed 6/26/1862 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Battle of Antietem, MD |
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| indecisive, but edge to the north |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
The Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/1862 |
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| became effective 1/1/1863 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Battle of Fredericksberg |
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| Burnside (Union) defeated |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Battle of Gettysburg |
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| turning point for the North |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Gettysburg Address |
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| dedication of a national cemetery |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Union Victories bring end to Civil War |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Lee Surrenders to Grant |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865
Lincoln Assassinated |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Secession - The original 7 |
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| SC, TX, GA,AL, FL, MS, LA |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
The first capital - CSA |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Last attempts at compromise |
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| Crittendon proposals, VA Peace Convention |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Opening shots - april 12, 1861 |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers |
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| VA, AR, NC, TN join the Confederacy |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Loyal slave states |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Advantages of the North |
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| Greater population, industrial base, superior resources |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Advantages of the South |
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| Cotton, superior military leaders |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Gradual compensated emancipation |
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| Lincoln's original idea for emancipation |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Emancipation Proclamation - Sept 22, 1862 |
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| Slaves freed in states in rebellion as of 1/1/63 |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Union financing of the War |
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| nATIONAL bANK aCT OF 1863, taxing, borrowing, legal tender "greenbacks" |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Confederate financing of the War |
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| Taxes, bond issues, paper money |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Total casualties (deaths) |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Casualties in all other U.S. wars (deaths) |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Lee surrenders to Grant |
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| Appomattox Court House, 4/9/65 |
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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Lincoln assassinated |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Lincoln's 10% plan |
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| Restored a seceded state upon request of 10% of 1860 voters |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Lincoln's provisional government restored |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Wade-Davis Bill |
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| Restored a state upon request of majority of voters - Lincoln gave it a pocket veto |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Johnson reconstruction policy |
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| General amnesty to all except ex-Confederates and rebels whose wealth exceeded $20,000 |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Johnson governments |
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| NC, MS, GA, TX, AL, SC, FL |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Congress refuses to seat Johnson governments |
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| Failure of Lincoln-Johnson Presidential reconstruction |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Thadeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Ben Wade (Radical Republican Reconstruction) |
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| Radical Republican Leaders |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Joint Committee on Reconstruction |
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| Proposes radical reconstruction measures, including the 14th ammendment. |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Freedman's Bureau |
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| Established to protect rights of freed slaves. |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
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| Confers citizenship and legal equality |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Command of the Army Act |
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| Divides South into 5 military districts |
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RECONSTRUCTION
Tenure of Office Act |
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| Forbade President to dismiss cabinet officers without Senate approval. |
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| Johnson impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors" chiefly for violation of the Tenure of Office Act |
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| Senate failed to convict and remove from office |
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