-
Established a line at the 36°30' parallel between the North, the free states, and the South, the slave states, admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state.
-
A set of laws that attempted to favor both slavery supporters and opposers. It was introduced by Henry Clay.
-
An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that, within three months, sold 300,000. It was so popular that when Abraham Lincoln met her, he said "So this is the little lady who made this big war." The novel was one of the major causes of the Civil War.
-
A bill that mandated popular sovereignty. This led to conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers, which then led to the incident known as Bleeding Kansas, and then the Civil War.
-
A failed attempt to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia by John Brown and an armed band of abolitionists. This increased even more tension between the North and the South before the Civil War.
-
A Supreme Court decision brought by Dred Scott, where he argues that because of the time he spent in a free state, he was entitle to emancipation. The Chief Justice Roger B. Taney disagreed, however, and Dred Scott was denied his freedom.
-
Seven open-air debates held through out the state of Illinois on the issue of slavery. These were challenged by Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas.
-
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th president of the United States after losing the Senate race.
-
South Carolina is the first state to secede from the U.S. after the election of Abraham Lincoln.
-
Where the first shots are fired in the Civil War by the Confederates. Union Major Robert Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort after they were bombarded by the Confederates.
-
A battle at the small river, Bull Run. The Confederates win, shocking the North, who came to the realization that victory in the war won't be as easy as they hoped.
-
The first ever duel between ironclad warships. It was part of an effort by the Confederates to break the Union blockade of Southern ports, such as Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia. This battle started a new era in naval warfare.
-
One of the major earlier battles of the Civil War. Both sides suffered major loss, with the Union winning.
-
A Union force led by John Pope clashed against Stonewall Jackson, both suffering heavy losses. When the Confederates launched a counterattack, John Pope was forced to withdraw his army to Washington.
-
The bloodiest single day in American history when President Lincoln was able to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. It's also the first battle in the Civil War to be fought in the North.
-
-
This battle was the greatest victory of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general, during the Civil War. This was also when Stonewall Jackson was wounded by one of his men.
-
The Union forces fought to capture the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. This was one of the Union's greatest victories, and it proved Ulysses S. Grant's military genius.
-
One of the most important battles in the Civil War. Confederate forces suffered major losses during "Pickett's Charge." In a rainy night, Robert E. Lee withdrew his decimated forces. This victory of the Union will turn the tide of the war in their favor.
-
One of the most important speeches in American history, delivered at the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania by Abraham Lincoln.
-
William T. Sherman leaves destruction in Atlanta, Georgia, an important territory for the Confederates.
-
This amendment abolished slavery.
-
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox, Virginia, when they were nearly surrounded at the village.
-
John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln on the back of the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C during a play.
-
This amendment granted all African Americans and slaves who had been freed after the Civil War.
-
This amendment granted African Americans the right to vote.
-
Caused by the passing of the Compromise of 1877 and the removal of the rest of the federal troops from the South.