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34 Cards in this Set
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Campaign of 1844
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Polk vs clay
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Slidell Mission
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Failed mission to mexico
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General Taylor occupies disputed territory
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mexican war begins
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Treaty of 1846
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US obtains oregon Territory
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Mexican War 1846-1848
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Taylor becomes war hero
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Henry Clay Introduces the compromise of 1850
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"Rough and Ready" Dislikes compromise
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Taylor dies
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ice milk and cherries in july
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Gadsen Purchase
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completes continental expansion
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Stephen A Douglas was the author
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Bleeding Kansas 1854 1858
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Small scale civil war
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Republican Party founded 1854
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As a result of "Bleeding Kansas"
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Onsted Manifesto
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Rationale to invade Cuba
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Sumner-Brooks Affair
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Violence in the US senate
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Dred Scott decision
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Court denies freedom
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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contest for US senate seat from illinois
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John Brown's Raid
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Harper's Ferry, A federal Arsenal
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Stephen A douglas
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Democratic Candidate in 1860
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John Bell
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Constitutional Unionist 1860
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John Breckenridge
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Southern candidate in election of 1860
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Seven Southern States Secede
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December 1860
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Civil War Begins
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Ft Sumter
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Confederates defeat McDowell
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Lincoln Uses Emergency Powers
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Declares war; raises army, issues an Income tax; suspends habeas Corpus; Declares martial law; blockades southern ports
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President of CSA elected
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Jefferson Davic
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Battle of Shiloh
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Both sides claim victory
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Battle of Mechanicsville
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Confederates are repulsed 6/26/1862
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Battle of Antietem, MD
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indecisive but edge to the north
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The Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/1862
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Became effective 1/1/1863
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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Burnside (Union) Defeated
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Battle of gettysburge
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Turning point for the north
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Gettysburg Address 11/19/1863
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Dedication of a national cemetery
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Union Victories bring end to Civil War
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Grant and Sherman
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Lee Surrenders to grant
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Ends the civil war
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Lincoln Assasinated
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John Wilkes Booth
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