Civilwar

Civil War (4/5)

By amehring

  • Missouri Compromise

    creates a line that balances free and slave states
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    slave codes

    free blacks lost rights i.e. purchasing alcohol, assembling in public, testifying in court
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    Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction

  • Republc of Texas

    Texans fight for independence, join US, adds to slave vs. free balance

  • Panic of 1837

    recession scared people, people move west, states created, slavery issue grows

  • Texas becomes state

    28th state

  • Compromise of 1850

    made California free, gave D.C. popular sovereignty, made slave trade illegal

  • Lincoln's 50th bday

  • Abraham Lincoln inaugurated

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Confederates attacked union fort; igniting tensions across the country

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Confederates won...says Bella

  • Battle at Shiloh

    Union won battle in Tennessee

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of Vicksburg

  • Gettysburg Address

    dedication speech to fallen at cemetary

  • Emancipation Proclamation