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Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's proclamation was declared to free the slaves, though it did not go into effect immediately. -
Union conscriptions
While the Confederate Army had countless volunteers, the Union Army had to enact a draft for sufficient soldiers. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg, PA was the site of the biggest turning point in the Civil War -
Lincoln reelected
Abraham Lincoln defeated General George B. McClellan in the race for president during one of the highest points in the Civil War. -
Archduke Maximilian becomes Mexican emperor
Napoleon III installed Maximilian of Austria as the temporary emperor of Mexico. -
Sherman's March at Sea
General William Tecumseh Sherman led Union troops from Atlanta to Savannah in a successful one-month period -
Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln's assassination
Just days after the Union's triumph in the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at Ford Theater. -
Freedmen's Bureau formed
The Freedmen's Bureau was formed to assist former slaves adjusting to their new freedom. -
Ku Klux Klan formed
The KKK was a white supremacist group formed mostly by southerners to spread terror to African Americans -
Thirteenth Ammendment ratified
The Thirteenth Ammendment outlawed slavery in all parts of the United States. -
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act prevented the President from removing any of his cabinet officials. -
Alaska purchased from Russia
America bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars and made it a state almost a century later. -
Andrew Johnson Impeached
Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, but narrowly survived in the Senate. -
Fourteenth Ammendment passed
The Fourteenth Ammendment officially defined what an American Citizen was, helping Civil Right's groups. -
Grant elected President
Ulysses S. Grant became president due to his success as a war general in the Civil War. -
Fifteenth Ammendment ratified
The Fifteenth Ammendment prevented the government from withholding voting rights from any person of color. -
Panic of 1873
A financial depression spread across the country in 1873 as railroads boomed. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 aided African Americans at the time, but it was deemed unconstitutional only a few years later. -
Hayes becomes President
Rutherford B. Hayes became President during the end of the Reconstruction Era.
