Civil War

  • Henry McNael Turner

    He was a African American that was voted for legislative but was not aloud to run because he was black
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was to split the two potential states, "Congress passed a law that declared that popular sovereignty would determine whether the states would enter as free or slave states."
  • Dred Scott

    He was a slave that was taken to free territory. Sued for freedom- US Supreme Court said he don't have the rights as a free citizen.
  • Fort Pulaski

    In 1862 Georgia helped form the confederate states of America Fort Pulaski occupied by confederate forces. In 1862 the battle of fort Antietam retaken by union forces.
  • Gettysburg

    The Union won. The town surrender on July 4, 1863, after being 6 weeks bombed by cannon fire. This important victory gave the union control of the Mississippi River.
  • Ku Klux Klan

    The Ku Klux Klan known as the KKK started in Tennessee of 1866. The KKK was made because they (they are known as white men) were made with their failures of political in 1867. The KKK was known for killing and torturing African-Americans and in force the black code.