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☆☆☆☆☆Because of his views on slavery, Abraham Lincoln inspired both passionate supporters and equally vehement detractors. John Wilkes Booth despised Lincoln's desire to end slavery; Booth supported the Confederacy. After he assassinated Lincoln, Booth was surprised that the public opposed what he had done. He expected to be regarded as a hero.
He hoped to revive the spirit of the South and continue the War of Northern Agression.
John Wilkes Booth originally planned to kidnap Lincoln but then decided to shoot him.
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To attempt to resolve the dispute between the North and South regarding slavery, Congress convened on December 3, 1849. The result of this convention was the Compromise of 1850.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to choose, in the future, to become slave states. The South avoided adopting the Wilmot Proviso. A stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress.
They surrendered.
They were from the same town.
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Distracting the attention of the garrison commander by ordering a cavalry raid right down through the state of Mississippi, while Grant managed to get his men across to the East bank of the river, unnoticed.
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Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
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Vicksburg had many geographical advantages.
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