-
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay on January 29, 1850 attempted to seek a compromise and stop crisis from happening between the North and South. Fugitive Slave Act was revised. -
Period: to
Bleeding Kansas
aka Bloody Kansas or Border War. Series of violdent political confrontations in the U.S involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Passed by U.S Congress. Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not in their borders. -
Reconstruction
The period following the Civil War of the rebuild of America. The rebuild was a struggle for many, black codes were set in place, outrage in the North over these codes. -
Dred Scott decision
Giving the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, going against the doctrine of popular sovereignty. -
Lincoln - Douglas debates
Series of 7 debates between Lincoln and Douglas. -
Period: to
Harper's Ferry
Effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate a armed slave revolt. -
Lincoln's election
16 president, faced against DOuglas who represented the northern faction. -
Period: to
Fort Sumter
First battle of the American Civil War. It was the bombardment and surrender of Fort SUmter. -
Bull Run
major land battle of armies in Virginia. Irvin Mcdowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army. -
Antietam
FIrst battle to be placed on Union soil. The bloodiest single day battle with a total of 22,717 dead -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued it as the nation was approaching its third year of bloody civil war. It states, "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforward shall be free." -
Period: to
Battle of Gettysburg
largest battle in the American Civil War. Was a union victory that stopped Confederate Generals's second invasion of the North. more than 50,000 men died. -
Gettysburg Address
Speech by president Abraham Lincoln, a dedication to fallen soldiers during Civil War -
Period: to
Andersonville Prison
Held the largest population in the entire Confederacy. Men in Confederacy saw a need for another prison to house prisoners of war. Only stayed opened for 14 months, imprisoned 45,000 soldiers close to 1/3 died. Poor conditions and malnutrition and disease. -
Surrender of Battle of Appomattox Court House
One of the last battles of the American Civil War. Final war of Confederate Army before surrendering to the Union Army -
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth entered the President of United States box at a theatre in D.C. and shot Lincoln. Booth thought it would help the South, which just surrendered to Federal forces. he was wrong.
