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Period: to
Mexican-American War
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Woman's Suffrage Movement takes prominence
The WSM begins to take prominence after the meeting at Seneca Falls, NY. -
Gold discovered in California
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Dred Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott case)
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Harper's Ferry Raid
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Period: to
American Civil War
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Period: to
Abraham Lincoln's presidency
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Confederate States of America formed
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln's 10-Percent Plan
Formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction -
Period: to
Reconstruction Era
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13th Amendment ratified by states
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14th Amendment ratified by states
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15th Amendment ratified by states
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Panic of 1873