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Compromise of 1850
-Senator Henry Clay offered the compromise of 1850
-It has five sections
-The fugitive Slave Act was Amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C was abolished
-CA entered the union as a free state
-Temporarily settled most disputes between slave and free states
-Stronger Fugitive Slave Law
-All other lands gained from Mexico will use popular soverignty to decide the issue of slavery
-NM-TX border dispute settled in favor of NM -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
-An anti-slavery novel that helped lay the groundwork for the civil war
-Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in 1850
-It inspired and helped popularize a number of steryotypes about black people
-It showed the North how slavery really was, while the South claimed the book was full of overstatements and false facts -
Bleeding Kansas
-Happened from 1855 to 1861
-Otherwise known as the border War
-A series of violent political confrontations in the United states involving anti-slavery free-staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861
-The people involved were free-states and slave-states
-Although kansas in that year once and for all rejected pro-slavery violence continued on a smaller scale in 1861 -
Dred Scott Decision
-Affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories
-Dred Scott v.S Sanford
-2/3 of the branches of the government failed to resolve the issue
-Dred Scott was a free slave but got forced to return to the south and be a slave
-Dred Scott couldn't sue because he wasn't a citizen -It increase north and south tensions -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
-A series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
-The immediate results were inconclusive. In the long run though, it was in Lincoln's favor. He gained national stature and became a serious presidential contender.
-They discussed about slaves and state's rights -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
-John Brown and the abolitionists initiated a slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a U.S arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
-Brown was taken to court house and was found guilty of treason and hanged. -
Election of 1860
-The 19th quadrennial presidential election
-Held on November 6, 1860
-It served as the immeidate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War
-Abraham Lincoln Won
-Trigger for the Civil War -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina secedes from the Union -
Mississippi Secedes
Mississippi Seceds from the union -
Florida Secedes
Florida secedes from the union -
Alabama Secedes
Alabama secedes from the union -
Georgia Secedes
Georgia secedes from the union -
Louisiana Secedes
Louisiana secedes from the union -
Texas Secedes
Texas secedes from the union -
First Battle of Bull Run:
Northern forces marched from Washington D.C expecting a quick victory. After initially pushing the southern forces back, Southern forces charged at the Union soldiers with their "Rebel Yell," forcing the North to retreat. The confederates won this battle. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
After a 33-hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forces surrender South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war ended in Rebel victory. The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina's secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. -
Monitor vs Merrimack:
The South had covered an abandoned Northern ship with iron in an effort to break the Union blockade. The Northern countered with their iron clad. The ships fought to a draw, but it's considered a Union victory. They kept the south in the harbor. -
Battle of Shiloh:
Led by General Ulysses S. Grant, the North defeated the south in the bloodiest two day battle of the Civil War. Grant earned a reputation as "butcher" of men. Congress wanted him removed by Lincoln responded, "I can't spare this man;he fights." The Union won this fight -
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 there was less supplies for the confederate soldiers -
Battle of Antietam:
Due to general McClellan's hesitation, the North was attacked by Lee's forces, the North was able to hold off the South in the bloodiest single day. The hesitation by McClellan caused Lincoln to write/issue the Emancipation Proclamation -
Battle of Fredericksburg:
At Fredericksburg, General Burnside mistakenly thought that he could charge up a hill and overtake the Confederacy. The Union suffered heavy losses and Burnside resigned. At Chancellorsville, the CSA scored another victory out at a high cost (pyrrhic.) General Stonewall Jackson was shot and died 8 days later. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln understood that taking a stand against slavery would make Britain and Frances less likely to aid the South. the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves within any state in Rebellion against the U.S. African Americans to join the military and it led to the 13th amendment. -
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 third day, Lee sent General Pickett over the ridge where they were easy targets for the North. South had to retreat. Failed charge was known as "Pickett's Charge" -
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 CSA in 2. Following this victory, President Lincoln named Grant the commander of the U.S army.
