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Compromise of 1850
It was a oackage of five sperate bills passesd by the U.S. Congress in September 1850, it got rid of the 4 year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories aquired during the Mexican American War -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in 1852 and helped ;ayed the groundwork for the Civil War. It was fiction but was based on true events while visiting a slave farm -
Bleeding Kansas
This was the border war, it was a series of violent political confrontations in the U.S. involbing anti-slavery, Free-states and pro slavery "Border Ruffion" elements in Kansas between 1855 and 1861 -
Dred Scott Decision
A Supreme Court debate between Dred Scott and Sanford deciding whether African Americans enslaved or free could become American citizens, they decided that they couldn't -
Licoln-Douglas Debates
It was a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln, the incunbent, and Stephen A. Douglas, Although Lincoln lost in the debate, it launched his national prominance which led to his election as president -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
The raid was an effort by white abolotionist John Brown to intiate and armed slave revolt in 1859 taking over a U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia -
Election of 1860
This election was the 19th quadrential and was served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the one who won this. -
South Carolina
South Carolina seceds from the Union -
Mississippi
Mississppi seceds from the Union -
Florida
Florida seceds from the Union -
Alabama
Alabama seceds from the Union -
Georgia
Georgia seceds from the Union -
Louisiana
Louisiana seceds from the Union -
Texas
Texas seceds from the Union -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War -
1st Battle of Bull Run
On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
Monitor vs. Merrimack
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack (CSS Virginia) during the American Civil War (1861-65) was history's first duel between ironclad warships. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. -
Capture of New Orleans
Union forces, led by Admiral David G. Farragut, surprised the south capturing New Orleans. The city was a major trade city of the south and its capture meant less supplies for confederate states. -
Battle of Antietam
Due to Gen. McCllellan's hesitation the North was attacked by Lee's forces. The North was able to hold off the South in the bloodiest single day battle of the war. The hesitation by McClellan caused Lincoln to replace him. Also convinced Lincoln to write/issue the Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation proclamtion
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It's goal was to stop slavery in southern states -
The Siege at Vicksburg
Over 9 months Grant led a siege on Vicksburg, finally gaining victory on July 4, 1863. The North now gained control of the Mississippi River, thus splitting the Confederacy in two. Following this victory Pres. Lincoln named Grant commander of the U.S. Army -
Battle of Gettysburg
Northern and Southern forces met by accident at Gettysburg. The first 2 days saw the South push the North back to cemetery Ridge. On the 3rd day Lee sent General Pickett over the ridge where they were easy targets for the North. The South had to retreat. The failed charge was as "Pickett's Charge" -
Battle of Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville
At Fredricksburg Gen. Brunside mistakenly thought he could charge up a hill and overtake the Confederates. The Union suffered heavy losses and Burnside resigned as General. At Chancellorsville, the confederates scored another victory but at a high cost. General Stonewall Jackson was shot and died 8 days later -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. -
surrender at appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth was a southern sympathizer who believed assassinating Lincoln would help the South. He came up behind Lincoln and shot him once in the head. Booth fled the theater only to be cornered 11 days later in a barn. Booth was shot and killed when he came out.
