History 101 Timeline Final (Page1 Of 2)

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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 territoy

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Mexican War begins

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Treaty of 1846

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US obtain Oregon Territory

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Mexican War 1846-1848

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Taylor becomes war hero

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Bear Flag Republic

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California is briefly, a republic

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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US obtains present southwest region

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Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850

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major features were: California admitted as a free state, and a Fugitive Slave Act

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Taylor opposes Compromise of 1850

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“Rough & Ready” dislikes compromise

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Taylor dies

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ice milk & cherries in July

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Compromise of 1850 passed into law

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Clays resolves conflict for the third time

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin published in 1852

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Gadsden 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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Ostend Manifesto

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rationale to invade Cuba

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Summer-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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Election of 1860

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precipitates secession

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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 in 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; blockadessouthern ports

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President of CSA elected

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Jefferson Davis

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Battle of Shiloh

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indecisive, but edge to the north

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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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both sides claim victory

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The Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/1962

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became effective 1/1/1863

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Battle of Fredericksberg

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Burnside (Union) defeated

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Battle of Gettysburg

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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 & Sherman

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Lee surrenders to Grant

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ends the civil war

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Lincoln Assassinated

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John Wilkes Booth