Civilwar

Civil War (10)

By amehring
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    Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction

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    Texas gains independence

    United States wins war with Mexico, Texas becomes a state. By adding a state, south becomes stronger.

  • War with Mexico

    US goes to war with Mexico

  • Compromise of 1850

    Slave trade banned in D.C., popular sovereignty. California free; North and South stay balanced.

  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott does not gain his freedom, even after living in a free state

  • South Carolina secedes

  • Lincoln's Inauguraton

    Lincoln becomes president; He represents freeing the slaves

  • Fort Sumter

    North/Union held up in fort; South/Confederacy forces them to surrender

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Union winning, but Confederates rally to victory

  • Battle of Hampton Roads

    Between Monitor and Merrimack

  • Shiloh

    Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee

  • Battle of Antietam

    bloodiest battle/day in 'Murica; standoff

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    prelude to Gettysburg; Hooker vs. Lee; Confederates won

  • Stonewall Jackson dies

    shot by his own men, amputate arm, gets pneumonia...kaput

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Gettysburg Address