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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens to choose if its state was a free state or slave state through popular sovereignty.
Fighting broke out and is known as Bleeding Kansas. Some argue that this was the first battle of the civil war. -
After Abraham Lincoln had been selected into office many southerners are enraged. South Carolina then Secedes from the Union, they are soon followed by six other states.
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Davis was elected President after the Confederacy was formed. Davis became the first and only President of the South.
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Fort Sumter was a Union controlled fort in Confederate territory. In 1861 Lincoln sent troops to resupply the fort and the two sides exchanged ammunition at the end of the battle the fort fell to the south. Fort Sumter is officially known as the first shots of the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln issues a Proclamation restricting trade between the North and South.The Proclamation is issued in the beginning of the war that last through out the war.
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The North and South clashed in the first major battle of the Civil War near Manassas, Virginia. The North had hoped to quickly crush the South. However, after the battle they quickly learned it would be a long war. The battle also boosted the Souths confidence because they had won the battle.
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The Union troops take possession of New Orleans. This is a huge blow to the South. With the Union in control of the ports in New Orleans the Confederacy can't import goods for their soldiers.
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Antietam is the first battle to be fought on Union soil. The Union wins and defends their territory allowing Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation. However, winning comes a cost Antietam is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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The Confederate army defended their territory and defeated the Union in the Battle of Chancellorsville. However the South lost Stone Wall Jackson in the battle.
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The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the war. The Union defeated Pickets Charge and forced Lees force to retreat. This battle is considered one of the turning points in the war.
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After the Union victory at Antietam Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed all the slaves in the rebelling states.
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Union General William T. Sherman led soldiers on a March to Sea in the South. The purpose of the march was to devastate the South and to frighted the people from supporting the Confederacy.
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Lee, the General of the Confederate army, surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox Court House after only a few hours of battling
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Lincoln and his wife were at Ford Theater when Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln dies the next day.
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The 13th amendment is added to the constitution. The amendment abolishes slavery and makes indentured slavery illegal.
