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☆☆☆☆☆John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, in Washington DC
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the public was shocked and horrified by the large number of dead and injured. (novanet)
The West
agriculture
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.
Port Hudson, Mississippi
Harriet Tubamn
the dedication of a cemetery
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Slaves and farmers who asked landowners for land to work would be the least benefit since they would get, usually, indebted to that person.
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.
they worked to put white southerners back into power
Congressional Democrats
Before the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, slaves in the South could only hope that advancing Union armies would not make themselves victims of collateral damage. After January 1, 1863, Southern slaves could look forward to being freed by advancing Union armies.The Proclamation had no effect on Union slave holding states.
With that said, many freed slaves wanted to enlist in the Union army.
The south generally didn't make as much supplies and arms as the north because the north had the industrial revolution which allowed things to be made faster and cheaper instead of having to have each handmade by a gunsmith. Also, the south around that time were busy growing and selling cotton on large plantations.
