causes of the Civil War
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Secession
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The decade of the 1850s was one of intense political turmoil in the United States. Efforts to compromise the differences between North and South were at first successful, but sectional antagonisms at last split the nation apart.
sam houston
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Sam Houston was the commander of the army that won the battle of San Jacinto and help gain Texas independence. Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas twice. He also served Tennessee as United States congress man and governor. When Texas join the U.S., he served has U.S. senator and governor of Texas. Houston is the only person in U.S. history to have been the govenor of two different states. Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Va., on March 2,1793. His father served in the revolution but died after in 1807. His widow moved the family into the Tennesse wilderness. Houston read a lot and at the age of 16 he got his frist job has a store keeper.
ch 14 Civil war
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Civil Disobedience
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Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Old Hickory
Champion of the “common man”
-Gained fame following victory at New Orleans, two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812.
-Also, victorious at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (AL), ending the power of an important British ally, the Creeks.
-Led a military force into Florida in 1818 to stop groups of Seminoles, runaway slaves, and white outlaws.
-This led to the Spanish selling Florida to the US in 1819
U.S. Revolutionary War
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During the Revolutionary War, George Washington led the Continental Army to their first victory by surprising the British troops at the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey.
Washington shouldn't have been able to surprise anyone. A loyalist spy trying to report Washington's plan wasn't allowed in to see the British commander because the colonel wouldn't be interrupted while playing cards.
When thhe desperate spy finally send in a note explaining that the enemy was advancing for a sneak attack, thhe British colonel put the note in his pocket unread and continued playing cards. It was his deal.
The note was later found on the dead colonel's body after Washington's victory.
Civil War
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sri lanka genocide
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Events Leading up to Civil War
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Conflicts in Mexican region Texas Independence ? 1844 Prior to 1844, Texans were calling for independence joining the Union. John Tyler, part of the Whig party, supported the annexation of Texas, hoping it would get him reelected. However secretary of state John Calhoun connected the annexation of Texas with the expansion of slavery, which heightened fears in the North. Wilmot Proviso ? 1846 In 1846, the Wilmot Proviso was included in a bill regarding the territories acquired from Mexico. It declared that ?Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory?.
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