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Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay made resolutions to create a compromise and to avoid the crisis between the north and the south. And as the result from the compromise, slaves and slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. My Resources; GeorgiaInfo -
Kansas- Nebraska act
This act was passed by the Congress in 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. My Resources; GeorgiaInfo -
Gettysburg
Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of all battles ever fought.The Confederates and the Union both fought long and hard. And the Confederates won.And it was very easy to locate. My Resources; New Georgia Textbook -
Emancipation Proclamation
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln drafted the act of freeing slaves because southern slaves working in fields meant southern white men could fight the north. Basically so many people hated that others owned salves as well as Mr. Abraham Lincoln, so he created this act because he didn't want to have a war to whether the country could have slaves or not. My sources; GeorgiaInfo -
Freedmen's Bureau
In 1865, Freedmen's Bureau was the first organization of its kind, it established schools, hospitals, and labor systems for freed slaves... It was basically an aid to help them recuperate from their recent to old injuries and to keep them away from their owners. And that is officially why it is called the Freedmen's Bureau. My Resources; New Georgia Encyclopedia -
The KKK
In 1866, men created an organization to where they would dress in white quilts over their body to hide identity and murdered arson, rape and bombed mainly Jews , Catholics, and Blacks. The worst part about it was that, it was an organization created by white men. My Resources; New Georgia Encyclopedia
