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The compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, enacted the Fugitive Slave Act, created New Mexico and Utah territories, and banned slave trade in D.C.
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Dred Scott did not win his freedom in the trial but was granted it from his owner after.
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John Brown attempts to capture a federal armory at Harper's Ferry on October 16, 1859 in motive of arming slaves and causing a slave uprising.
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Fort Sumter is fired upon as the first battle of the Civil War. Union troops inside are forced to surrender.
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The Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861 when General Irvin McDowell lead his troops across Bull Run to face General Beauregard. Both sides had inexperienced forces leading to a clumsy battle and retreat of the Union.
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The battle of Antietam was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland and is known as the bloodiest single-day battle fought on September 17th, 1862.
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Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation which legally frees slaves of all rebelling states though not actually freeing them.
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In the Siege of Vicksburg, General Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Mississippi and drove the Army of Mississippi into the city of Vicksburg. This completed the Vicksburg Campaign.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War fought from July 1st to 3rd.
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The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought on November 25, 1863 in the Chattanooga campaign. General Grant defeats General Braggs.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery on January 31, 1865.
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On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac.
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John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford's theater on April 14th, 1865. Lincoln died in Peterson Boarding House the next morning.
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The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 admitted states to the union under The 14th Ammendment, 5 military districts were created in the south, voting rights for all men were passed.
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Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act and "High Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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The Election of 1876 was disputed for reason of false voting and some corruption in election officials that lead to a Republican (Hayes) victory. The Republican party withdrew the military from the southern states for Democrat favor in leaving the election behind in the Compromise of 1877.
