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Missouri Compromise
Missouri enters as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state. The dividing line is 36* 30*N dividing line. The line is where it splits the states, whether it is a free state or slave state. -
Therory Of The Total War
This event is where the union drew closer to the end of the war and demolished everything such as the railroads, weapons, and crops. -
Compromise of 1850
California enters as a free state
Many laws were set:
-Fugitive slave law was amended
-Slave trade was abolished -
Fugitive Slave Law
It required all slaves to be returned to their owners because they didn't have any rights and they were just property. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska say Northeast will determine to either be a slave state or a free state by popular vote or electoral vote. -
Bleeding Kansas
The bleeding Kansas was a period of time of violence and hatred between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas. During this event, John Brown comes to fame -
Dred Scott Decision
SLAVE ARE PROPERTY NOT CITIZENS
A supreme courtcase that decides if a slave is not free if living in a free state. -
Douglas-Lincoln Debates
Douglas and Lincoln both running for the senetor for IL. They debated between slavery in the west. In this event people discover Lincoln. Lincoln ends up losing. -
Harper's Ferry
When this event took place, John Brown was captured and hung. A group called abolishists were led by Brown. He was captured at Harper's Ferry. They wanted the slaves for a revolt. -
Election Of 1860
In the election of of 1850 there were 4 canidates running for president. Lincoln wins with 180 electoral votes. A few weeks later South Carolina secedes. -
Ft. Sumter
This event was located in South Carolina. The conderate fired the first shots. This marked the start of a cruel, bloody war between northern and southern states. -
Second Battle Of The Bull Run
The second battle was again against the Union and the Conferderates. Towards the end of the battle, the union force were overwhemled and later retreat. The battle of the first and second bull runs were two of the most devise southern victories in the civil war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln carefully watched the preservation rather than the abolition of slavery. Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military strategy -
Fort Donelson
Fort Donelson was a gunboat battle. The confederates battered the union vessles. The batttle was the first major Union battle. -
Battle Of Pea Ridge
This battle was one of the several major battles on the western frontier. The union forces had nearly removed all of the confederate forces from the south. After this battle the confederates never threatened Missouri again. The union then mostly took over Arknsas. -
Battle Of Shiloh
During this event the union and the confederate fought over who got the ports in Mississippi. After some sucuss, the confederate forces were driven back to MS by a union army numbering 55,000. -
The First Bull Run
Union forces hoped to halt the confederate advance through Maryland. The battle lasted two days and ended with 23,000 casualities. The union ducess paved the way for Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves. -
Battle Of Antietam
Union and Confederate forces clashed at Antietam Creek. -
Frederickburg
This battle was the most one-sided battles in the civil war because of poor planning and communication. Burnside ended up retreatingafter losing 10,000 soliders. -
Vixsburg
The Confederate resistance lasted some 48 days. On July 4, the starving Confederates surrendered. The fate of the Confederacy had
essentially been sealed. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
This battle was one of the deadlist battles in the civil war and the only major battle fought in the north of the mason-dixon line. This was the turning point of the war. On November 22, president Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address from the battlefield. -
Sherman's March To The Sea
In this event Sherman’s army divided into two columns and cut a 60 mile wide path of destruction across Georgia. Confederate forces were unable to stop the carnage. -
Appomattox Courthouse
After union forces took both Petersburg and Richmond. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant at the Mclean house.
THE WAR WAS OVER!
Lincoln had succeded in preserving the union -
Assassination And Death Of Abraham Lincoln
John Wikes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater. Booth was a confederate. The attack came only five days after Confederate massive army at Appomattox Court House -
13th Amendment
Constitution declared that either slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime.
