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40 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 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
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