Civil War

  • Missouri Compermise

    Missouri Compermise

    It was a compromise on whether to allow slavery in the new state of Missouri that pleased neither side and led to violance. It started the wheels in motion for the Civil War.
  • Texas Annexation

    Texas Annexation

    This act led to the major war with Mexico
  • 54-40 or Fight

    54-40 or Fight

    Was the imaganry line of longitude and latteral lines manly the fight for all of Orgon
  • Wilmots Proviso

    Wilmots Proviso

    A bill that was passed to stop slavery from spreading in Texas, made the South mad, becuse they way they live was bing desized
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Gave the US most of all of the rest of the west, got arizonia, new mexico, navada , a few more.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    The compromise balanced the US bettween free & slave states for four years.
  • Uncle Toms Cabin

    Uncle Toms Cabin

    Gave the white people a way of looking at a slaves life that led up to people wanting to end slavery for good.
  • Republican Party Founded

    Republican Party Founded

    Was an anti-slavery party that was founded. The south was starting to get scared.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    An act that gave the choice to Kansas & Nebraska on wheather to become a free or slave states. This failed and led to people killing each other over free & slavery, also didnt help that people came over from other states to try and convince people to vote for what the other people think
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    Gave the US a small piece of land needed to build railroads.
  • Brooks-Sumner incident

    Brooks-Sumner incident

    Showed that the South was not afriad to fight for what the belive in. Brooks a South Carolina congress man beat Sumner congress man from the north for being disrespected by Sumner
  • Happers Ferry Raid

    Happers Ferry Raid

    A crazy man that belived in slaves being free was trying to get people to go on a killing raid which didnt end to well. He didnt get people to come and was captured and hanged.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    President Abrham Lincon a Republican won the south got scared and left the US to make the CS
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    The fireing on Fort Sumter was the start of the Civil War.
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

    Union tried to surprise attack the Confederice but after play deffence for a while the went to attack and stoped the Union which resaulted in the CS winning and gave the south COFIDENCE in winning this war
  • Monitor vs Merrimack

    Monitor vs Merrimack

    Was the first battle bettween to ironclad ships to go to war with each other,ended in a draw Moniter came to help. Merrimack was sinking Union ships
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    First big battle on northern soil, it also got Abraham Lincon to think about the Emansmpation Proclomation
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The battle only lasted 3 days and the Union wins, This was the turning point of the war for the Union
  • Shermans March

    Shermans March

    His march distracted the army of VA so the Union can attack
  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House

    Robert E. Lee surendered, Union wins the Civil War, Soon after slavery is banned