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Was an effort to preserve the balance of power in congress between slave and free states
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Was a rebellion of black slaves led by Nat Turner
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Was a dispute over the border between Texas and Mexico that resulted in armed conflict
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Was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War
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Consists of 5 laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
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Was part of the compromise of 1850, The act required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state
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The novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African-Americans and Slavery in the U.S.
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Was a bill that mandated "popular sovereignty" allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders
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Was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
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The decision argued that, as someones property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court
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Was an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery
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On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in an act that led to the Civil War.
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was the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slave holding South.
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On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America.
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When President Abraham Lincoln announced plans to resupply the fort, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the Battle of Fort Sumter. After a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13.
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Union victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, making the Battle of Antietam one of the key turning points of the American Civil War.
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The Union's eventual victory in the Battle of Gettysburg would give the North a major morale boost and put a definitive end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North.
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A victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. ... By having control of the river, Union forces would split the Confederacy in two and control an important route to move men and supplies.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
