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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe wrote this book because she wanted people to know how slavery life was. The 1st installment appeared in the anti-slavery newspaper, The National Era. The 1st publishment was on June 5, 1851. These articles changed the way people view slavery. "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Welcome to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. http://www.harrietbeecherstowe.org/utc/. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In 1854 Stephen A. Douglas introduced his Kansas-Nebraska bill to the Senate. Fredrick Douglass warned that it was an " open invitation to fierce and bitter strife. The result of this legislation was to open the territory to organised migrations of pro-slave and anti-slave groups. In January 1861 Kansas entered the Union as a Free State. "Kansas Nebraska Act." Spartacus Educational. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASkansas.htm. -
Dred Scott Decision
In addition, he declared that Scott had never been free, due to the fact that slaves were personal property. "The Dred Scott Decision." Dred Scott Decision. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. http://americancivilwar.com/colored/dred_scott.html. -
Dred Scott decision
With the help of a new team of lawyers who hated slavery, Dred Scott filed suit in St. Louis Federal Court in 1854 against John F.A. Sanford. On March 6th, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the majority opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case. Seven of the nine justices agreed that Dred Scott should remain a slave. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States, and therefore had no right to bring suit in the federal courts on any matter. -
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America founded by Alabama, Florida. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The main concern of the Confederate States was raising and equipping an army. The Confederacy's early attempts to raise funds centred on printing money, which proved highly inflationary, and issuing bonds that could be paid for in kind. Because of the Federal blockade of Southern ports, tariff revenues proved inadequate. -
Confederate States Of America
After Lee surrendered his dwindling, half-starved army at Appomattox, Va., on April 9, 1865, the Confederacy soon collapsed. "Confederate States of America." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. http://www.history.com/topics/confederate-states-of-america. -
Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln was the second speaker on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Lincoln had been invited to give a "few appropriate remarks" during a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln gave copies to John Nicolay and John Hay. Edward Everett opened up for Lincoln for two hours.
"Primary Documents in American History." Gettysburg Address: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Pro -
Freedman's Bureau
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Appomattox Courthouse
Early on April 9, the remnants of John Broun Gordon’s corps and Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry formed line of battle at Appomattox Court House. Gen. Robert E. Lee determined to make one last attempt to escape the closing Union pincers and reach his supplies at Lynchburg. At dawn the Confederates advanced, initially gaining ground against Sheridan’s cavalry. The arrival of Union infantry, however, stopped the advance in its tracks. Lee’s army was now surrounded on three sides. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee’s army was now surrounded on three sides. Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9. This was the final engagement of the war in Virginia.
"Surrender at Appomattox, 1865." EyeWitness to History. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm. -
Lincoln's Assassination
At 10:15, Booth slipped into the box and fired his .44-caliber single-shot derringer into the back of Lincoln's head. "Abraham Lincoln's Assassination." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln’s killer, John Wilkes Booth, was a Maryland native born in 1838 who remained in the North during the Civil War despite his Confederate sympathies. Booth was planning to kidnap Lincoln but Lincoln failed to appear where Booth was planning to take action. Lincoln occupied a private box above the stage with his wife Mary, a young army officer named Henry Rathbone and Rathbone’s fiancé, Clara Harris, the daughter of New York Senator Ira Harris. -
13th Amendment
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
