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Causes
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This law was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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This historical subject was prevalent in the United States from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.
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This document or agreement was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states during the years leading up to the American Civil War.
$800
This historical subject was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American Chattel Slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).
$1000
This document or agreement was federal legislation of the United States that balanced the desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it.
Sectional Crisis
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This historical subject was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans.
$400
This election was held on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged victorious.
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From October 16 to 18, 1859, American abolitionist John Brown attempted to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by raiding an armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
$800
This historical subject was a series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
$1000
This law was a statute passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
Leaders
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This person was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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This person was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
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This person was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and was the Commanding General of the Union Army, leading it to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
$800
This person was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war.
$1000
This person was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
Early War
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This military event was an 1862 battle of the American Civil War.
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This historical subject is a term used to refer to the federal government and loyal states of the United States during the American Civil War.
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This military event was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, by the South Carolina militia.
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This military event was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
$1000
This historical subject was a republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865, unrecognized as a sovereign nation by either foreign governments or the United States.
Turning Points
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This military event was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
$400
This military force is an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
$600
This document or agreement is a dedication speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
$800
This document or agreement was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
$1000
This military event was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
War's End
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This historical subject was a period after American Civil War (1865–1877).
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This military event was one of the last, and ultimately one of the most consequential, battles of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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This constitutional amendment was an 1865 amendment abolishing slavery.
$800
This historical subject was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., one month into his second term and towards the conclusion of the American Civil War.
$1000
This historical subject was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by United States Army major general William T. Sherman.
