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Samuel F. B. Morse
This man invented the telegraph. -
Election
Zachary Taylor gets elected president of the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes he book Uncle Tom's Cabin. -
Election
Franklin Pierce becomes president of the United States. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was supposedly the "FIX" to slavery. -
Republican Party
The United States founded the Republican Party. -
Scott Versus Sandford
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George Fitzhugh
Cannibals All! is published by George Fitzhugh. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
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John Brown Raids
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Southern Election
John C. Breckinridge became president. -
Election
Abraham Lincoln gets elected as President of the United States. -
Factories
The North has 110,000 factories when the South has only 20,000. -
South Carolina Secedes from the United States
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Confederacy is Created
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Beginnig of Civil War
The first shots were fired on April 12, 1861 which began the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter bombing
Robert Anderson, who is the army general of the Union, had to surrender after 24 hours of being bombed by P.G.T. Beauregard, who is army general of the Confederate army. -
Battle of Bull Run
This was the very first battle of bull run. -
The Trent Affair
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Merrimack versus the Monitor
this was a naval battle between two ships. -
Confederacy
The Confederates created a draft law that got passed. -
Battle of Shiloh
this was a battle that lasted from the 6th of April to the 7th of April. -
Pacific Railroad Act
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Internal Railroad Act
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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Battle of Chancellorville
This battle lasted from May 1st to May 4th. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This lasted from July 1st to July 3rd. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln presented this in the town of Gettysburg. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
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Sherman
He entered Atlanta and took over the city. -
Sherman
Sherman captures Savannah
