Civil War (4/5)

Missouri Compromise

Apr 4, 1819

creates a line that balances free and slave states

slave codes

Period: Apr 4, 1820 to Apr 4, 1829

free blacks lost rights i.e. purchasing alcohol, assembling in public, testifying in court

Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Dec 31, 1877

Republc of Texas

Sep 4, 1836

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

Panic of 1837

Apr 4, 1837

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

Texas becomes state

Dec 29, 1845

28th state

Compromise of 1850

Apr 4, 1850

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

Lincoln's 50th bday

Feb 12, 1859

Abraham Lincoln inaugurated

Mar 4, 1861

Battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Confederates attacked union fort; igniting tensions across the country

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Confederates won...says Bella

Battle at Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union won battle in Tennessee

Battle of Chancellorsville

May 3, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

Jul 3, 1863

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

dedication speech to fallen at cemetary

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 31, 1864