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| John Brown | “Old Brown”(1856) Led radical abolitionist followers to Pottawatomie Creek butchered 5 men who were pro-slavery. (1859) Led more followers to Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan was a seize an arsenal and then arm the slaves. Plan miserable failed. Captured by Lee and hanged. North thought of him as a hero. |
| Shay's Rebellion | farmers revolted over mortgages. Causes/Effects- brought to light the weaknesses in a weak federal government. Resulted in constitutional convention. |
| Missouri Compromise (1820) | no slavery north of the 36 30’ line except in Missouri. |
| Compromise of 1850 | California gets added as a free state but Utah and New Mexico up to Popular sovereignty. More stringent fugitive slave law. South gets shafted. |
| Nullification Crisis | South Carolina didn’t like the federal Tariff, fears that it will disrupt trade. Ended when Jackson passed the Force Bill and raised an army to make South Carolina follow the law. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) | Chief Justice Taney was the fucker who took this ruling way too far. Slaves ruled as nothing more than property. So a slave couldn’t sue federal government. Then Missouri Compromise ruled unconstitutional because you can take property wherever you want to. |
| 1860 Presidential Election | between Lincoln(R), Douglas(D), Breckenridge(D), and Bull.(D). Results, impact- Lincoln won the election but the south had control of House, Senate, and Supreme Court. Southern states start to succeed during the lame duck period, led by South Carolina, the state with its head so far up its ass it couldn’t see that it was going to lose. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | January 1863- Lincoln declared forever free the slaves in the territories that were still in revolt. Kept Europe out of war. Pissed off the south. Strengthened Union cause. |
| 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments | Civil War amendments, 13- banned slavery and involuntary servitude. 14- Blacks are citizens 15- blacks could vote. |
| Black Codes | racist laws in the South attempting to resurrect the black labor force. |
| Compromise of 1877 | marks the end of reconstruction. |
| Antietam | Key to victory- finding Lee's battle plans. |
| Gettysburg | The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War,[7] it is often described as the war's turning point.[8] Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". |
