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The Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision was a supreme court case where Dred Scott was a slave who lived in the free state of Illinois until moving to the slave state of Missouri. Scott hoped to be granted him freedom. -
Compromise of 1850
A set of bills to satisfy the north and the south. California became a free state, in Utah and New Mexico slavery would be decided based on popular soveriegnty, Texas gain 10 million dollars, importing slaves into Washington DC became aganist the law, and the fugitive slave act was passed. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was between free states and slave states so it was the location of many battles, which is why it is known as Bleeding Kansas. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
These were debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the Illinois senate seat. Lincoln lost but it was significant because it made Lincoln known around the nation which ultimately helped him win the presidential election. -
Lincoln's election
Lincoln's election in 1860 is considered a triggering event in the Civil War because a president had been elected from the North so the South him as someone who wanted to get rid of slavery all together. -
Fort Sumter
The confederate army opened fire on the union army. Ultimately the confederates won that battle. This is considered the starting battle of the United States Civil War. -
Bull Run
Was the first major land battle in Virginia. This time the Union army attacked the Confederate army and tried to get them back for the Fort Sumter attack. Yet, the Confederate army still won this battle. Some say this was the official start of the civil war because it was when the union retaliated. -
Harper's Ferry
Harpers Ferry, in what is now West Virginia, was a spot in which some battle took place during the Civil War. Most notably the John Brown raid. -
Antietam
The battle of Antietam is significant because it was the cloodiest battle in the Civil War. Some historians consider it a draw but it is significant because very soon after this Lincoln released the Emancipation proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was written by Abraham Lincoln ultimately wanting to free the slaves in the Southern States and end the war -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's speech that day now known as the Gettysburg address is now one of the most famous speeched in history. In the speech he addressed human equality and connected the civil war with the need for the rebirth of freedom. -
Andersonville prison
The Andersonville prison was the Confederate prison. The treatment of the prisoners there was very poor and they treated the black prisoners worse which the Union did not like. -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Fords theater in Washington, D.C. This came only five days after the Confederate army surrendered. This was significant because Lincoln was such a big part of the war and of trying to keep the United States together. -
Reconstruction
The reconstruction era is known as the time after the civil war ends that the United States is trying to rebuild itself. Even more so in the south where millions of slaves have just been freed and they need to find a new way of running things
