-
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists on five laws that deal with the issue of slavery. It start when California requested to enter the union as a free state. As a result, the Fugitive Slave Act was created. -
The Dred Scott Trial Verdict
Dred Scott was voted a free man after going to court because his owner, Dr. Emerson, who was a surgeon for the U.S. Army which caused him to move around a lot, brought him to a free state after living in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
An abolitionist named John Brown lead a small group on a raid to a nearby federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed slave uprising trying to stop slavery. -
Fort Sumter is Fired Upon
At 2:30pm on April 13th, confederate guns open fired on Fort Sumter. Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and it was evacuated the next day. -
Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Prince William County, Virginia. It was the first major land battle of the Civil War. The resulting in another victory for the Union -
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued
When Abraham Lincoln warned that if the Southern states did not end their rebellion, by January 1, 1863, then a new law would be put into place. -
Battle of Anteitam
The eighth most deadliest war in the Civil War. The Union strategically won, and five days later issued the emancipation proclamation. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It is considered to be the most important war of the Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg happened during the end of the Vicksburg Campaign in the Civil War. During this battle, the Confederate army was effectively split in half. The Battle took place in Warren County. The Union won the battle. -
Battle of Missionary Ridge
The Union's General, Ulysses Grant broke the siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, by routing the Confederates under General Braxton Bragg at Missionary Ridge. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a famously well-known actor, while attending a play at Ford's Theater. -
XIIIth Amendment
The thirteenth Amendment banned slavery in the United States. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the commander of the Confederate army, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
The Reconstruction act of 1867 created an outline for the process of readmitting Southern states into the Union. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
On February 24, 1868, after a couple days of Johnson's dismissal of Stanton, the house of representatives voted 126 to 47 in favor of impeachment of the president for committing high crimes and misdemeanors. -
Election of 1876
The election between, Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden of New York was known to be one of the most hostile, and controversial campaigns in American History.
