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1820 - 1821
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It was an agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the united states concerning the extension of slavery into new territories.
Executive and Judicial branch were involved in the Missouri compromise.
1846 - 1848
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The treaty was made to make a settlement from the Americans to Mexico, giving them 15 million dollars to gain the land of what we now call Texas, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, and some other states.
This was done by legislative and executive.
1850 - sep 1850
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It was a package of 5 bills that was passed in september of 1850, that dealt with slavery.
This was drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay
1850 - 1851
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During 1850 the constitution, originally framed as a instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to failure of the union it has created.
Legislative branch took part in this event.
nov 1853 - 1854
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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The act was designed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
may 19 1856 - may 20 1856
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This speech was delivered on the US Senate floor on May 19-20, 1856 by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a radical Republican, about the conflicts in "bleeding Kansas." Sumner's insults against Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina led to his being caned nearly to death on the Senate floor by Butler's cousin, Congressman Preston Brooks, a few weeks later. Brooks subsequently resigned the House after delivering an apologia, On his assault on Charles Sumner.
nov 1856 - 1857
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Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories, and that people of African descent were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens.
jan 1858 - dec 1858
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They were a series of seven debates between douglas and lincoln which mostly envolved slavery, and at the time they were trying to win over Illinois.
The legislative and executive branch.
nov 1859 - dec 1859
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John brown led an unsuccessful raid in virginia which ended up in his capture, he was convicted of murder from his massacres and had a death sentence by hanging.
Judicial branch.
jan 1863 - dec 1863
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The Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
1863 - 1864
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1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
This was a reconstruction of constitutional rights and allowed free blacks to join military regiments.
Executive branch
nov 1863 - dec 1863
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It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Executive Branch.
jan 1865 - dec 1865
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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.
Feb 23 1868 - Feb 24 1868
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Johnson was impeached on February 24, 1868, in the U.S. House of Representatives on eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors",[1] in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution.
jul 8 1868 - jul 9 1868
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The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Legislative Branch.
march 3 1869 - march 4 1869
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Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness.
Executive Branch.
Feb 2 1870 - Feb 3 1870
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (for example, slavery). It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
1895 - 1896
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It was a decision made by judicial court to require racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine separate but equal.