American civil war 1

Civil War The War that changed america for the better

  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad
    Was created in the late 1700's (1780). It was mostly used during the civil war to move the slaves north, so they could be free
  • Compromise

    Compromise
    Senator Henry Clay introduced the of resolutions on January 29, 1850, for a attempt to find a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed thru the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to put when ever should slavery should pass or whether not in Kansas and Nebraska.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    The Bleeding Kansas event was a war of series of violent civil confrontations in the U.S between 1854 and 1861.Which political and ideological debate over slavery in Kansas
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    On 1857 the United States supreme court have issues and decisions on affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves to the western territory.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The United States presidential election of 1860,held on November 6 1860,in which Abraham Lincoln which he defeated Southern Demecrate John C. Breckinridge also Democrat Stephen A. Douglas and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell on that year.
  • Secession of Southern States

    The events of the election moved very quickly upon of Lincoln. The first to act was South Carolina calling for secede from the union. By three months Lincolns election seven states had been seceded by the union.
  • Beginning of the Civil War

    The battle between the north and the south over slavery, on whether they should have it should not have it. This took place soon right after Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. As Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves. link text
  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad
    Was created in the late 1700's (1780). It was mostly used during the civil war to move the slaves north, so they could be free
  • The battle of Shiloh

    The battle of Shiloh
    The battle of Shiloh was on April 6, 1862 40,000 confederate soldiers were out to do war. There were union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburgh landing near there Tennessee river.
  • The Seven Days' Battle

    The Seven Days' Battle
    It was located at Henrico County,Virginia.There were over 100,000 union soldiers and 90,000 confederate soldiers at war. The outcome was that the confederate won the unions.
  • Seven Day's Battle

    It ended at July 1st after the confederate won,they were heading Northern to attempt to capture the confederate captain of Richmond VA
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    this battle is also known as The battle of Sharpsburg. General Robert E. Lee’s Army tried to invade the north. Lee lost the battle, to this day the battle remains the deadliest one day war in the history of American military.
  • Battle At Gettysburg

    Battle At Gettysburg
    This war started at July 1st to the 3rd. It was the Unions victory. After that the union marched up north toward Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania.
  • End of the Civil War

    April 9, 1865, General of the Confederates Robert E. Lee surrendered over to Union’s Ulysses S. Grant in a Virginia Appomattox Court House. the fighting was over but the war was still going. the war officially ended 16 months later when President

    Andrew Johnson would declare a formal end to the conflict in August 1866, which would be the end of the Civil War link text
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
    Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to show and give a sense of what slavery was like in her own perspective to people around the world. More than 10,000 copies were sold.