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Nat Turner Slave Revolt
a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner killing at least 65 people -
William Lloyd Garrison Published The Liberator
a weekly newspaper of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison -
American Anti-Slavery Society Begins
an abolitionist society created by William Lloyd Garrison. It was the most prominent abolitionist organization in the 19th century -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women published
a series of newspapers published responding to Catherine Beecher's defense of the subordinate role of a women -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
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Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
this meeting launched women's suffrage movement -
Compromise of 1850
an attempt to avert a crisis between the North and the South. It defused a four year political confrontation between free and slave states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
a part of the Compromise of 1850 it provided to the seizure and return of any runaway slave who escapes from state to state -
Sojourner Truth Delivered her "Ain't I a Woman" Speech
a speech given by Sojourner Truth at the Women's Rights Convention held in Akron Ohio. Here her speech spoke about her position on women's rights -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Published Uncle Tom’s Cabin
a anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe widely read when President Lincoln met Stowe in 1862 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves to be freed states or slave states -
Republican Party Founded
former members of the Whig party establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. -
Bleeding Kansas
a military conflict were a series of violent civil confrontations which came from the political and ideological debate over if slavery should be legal -
Dred Scott Decision
a decision in the Dred Scott case affirming the right of slave owners to bring slaves into the western territories -
Lecompton Constitution
the second of four proposed constitutions in Kansas written in response to to the anti-slavery position of the 1855 Topeka Constitution -
Panic of 1857
a financial panic caused by declining international economy and over-expansion of domestic economy -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
a series of seven debates between republican candidate and democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
an effort by John Brown an abolitionist to start a slave revolt by taking over a US arsenal at Harper's Ferry -
Democratic Party Splits into Northern and Southern Halves
during the election of 1860 the Democratic Party split into two this benefited the republicans -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina seceded from the Union upon Lincoln's election. This secession of states quickly formed the Confederacy -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President the first Republican in office -
Confederate States of America Founded
the Confederate States were founded as the ongoing conflict between slavery in the North and South continued. -
Firing on Fort Sumter
the opening engagement of the American Civil War -
Battle of Antietam
a battle in Sharpsburg Maryland that pitted the Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army against the Union's General. It was also the culmination of Lee's attempt to invade the North -
Emancipation Proclamation
a presidential proclamation changing the legal status of slaves (freeing of slaves) -
Gettysburg Address
a presidential speech given by Abraham Lincoln in dedication to the soldiers lost in the Battle of Gettysburg -
Battle of Gettysburg
a battle in the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania between the Union and the Confederates during the American Civil War -
General U.S. Grant Assumed Command of Union Troops
President Lincoln tasks the future president Ulysses S. Grant with leading Union troops against the Confederate Army -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
a military campaign of the American Civil War , the intent was to scare the Georgian population into abandoning the Confederate Army -
Abraham Lincoln Reelected
Northern voters endorse the policies and leadership of President Lincoln and they then elect him for another term -
Congress Passed the 13th Amendment
abolishment of slavery in America -
Lee Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House
this effectively ends the American Civil War -
Andrew Johnson Became President
he was our 17th and was Vice President at the time of Lincolns Assassination -
Johnson Announced Plans for Presidential Reconstruction
this plan gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery and offered no role to blacks in the politics in the South -
Arrival of Scalawags and Carpetbaggers in the South
After the Civil War many Northerners went to the South in hopes of an economical gain these people were called carpetbaggers. Scalawags were white Southern Republicans -
Freedman’s Bureau Established
a government agency meant to help former black saves and poor whites on the South in the aftermath of the Civil War -
Lincoln Assassination
a murderous attack on our 16th President Abraham Lincoln in Washington DC by John Wilkes Booth -
Ku Klux Klan formed
original a secret social fraternity that turned into a paramilitary force bent of reversing the reconstruction era in the South especially policies involving black rights -
Civil Rights Act Passed over Johnson’s Veto
granted all citizens the full equal benefit of law and proceedings for the security of persons and property -
First Congressional Reconstruction Act passed
legislation in action that outlined the conditions of which the Southern states would be readmitted into the Union -
14 th Amendment Ratified
grants citizenship to all persons born in the US which included former slaves who'd just been freed after the Civil War -
Andrew Johnson Impeached
first President to be impeached. 11 article votes from the House of Representatives -
15 th Amendment Ratified
granting African American men the right to vote -
U.S. Grant Elected President
18th President of the United States also served in the Civil War -
Slaughterhouse Cases (Supreme Court)
first US Supreme Court interpretation of the 14th amendment -
Period of “Redemption” after the Civil War
the return of white supremacy and the removal of rights for blacks -
U.S. v. Cruikshank
a court case that arose from the Colfax Massacre in 1873 -
Creation of the Radical Republicans
a faction of the regular Republican Party -
Compromise of 1877
an informal, unwritten deal that settled the US Presidential election. It resulted in the government pulling out troops in the South and formally ended the Reconstruction Era
