Civil War Events

  • The Missiouri Compromise

    Henry Clay submitted The Missiouri Compromise and it was passed in 1820. It was passed between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery era in the Unitesd States. Prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´
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    Mexican War

    A war they fought to end conflict between Mexico and Texas, also they came up with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. They returned slaves back to their former Mexican territories. This war raised the slavery issue in the United States and it lead to some debates pointing towards the Civil War.
  • Compromise of 1850

    A package of 5 different bills that were passed during the month of September in 1850. These bills started the American war.
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Passed by the United States Congress, it was part of the Compromise of 1850. It had a fear of "Slave Power" It required that all escaped slaves were upon capture to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    It was passed by the Unites States Congress, allowing people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for their self if they wanted to allow slavery or not in their border. It was served to repaeal the Missiouri Compromise
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    Bleeding Kansas

    A war involving Anti-Slavery
  • Dred Scott Decision

    A case they was fighting because it was said that enslaved or free blacks couldn't be american citizens and could not sue in federal court. Also fought so that federal court could no regulate slavery.
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

    It was anattempt by a white man namedJohn Brown to start an armed slave revolt, it was seizied as a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accompanied 20 men in his party, he was defeated by a United States marine named Robert Lee.
  • South Carolina secedes from Union

    South Carolina was the first to act after president Lincoln was elected, they called for a convention to secede from the Union. There was conventios held from state to state.
  • Election of 1860

    They was having a presidential election to elect who they wanted to be president and a Northern democrat named Douglas thoguht it would be their best chance to defeat the "Black Republicans" A supporter of slavery, southern Democrats looked at Douglas as a trader because of his support of popular sovereignty,letting territories to choose not to have slavery.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter, 1861

    It was the surrender of Fort Sumter. It started teh American Civil War!
  • The Union’s ‘Anaconda Plan’

    It was created by Union General Winfield Scott during the begginign part of the civil war, for strangling Southern Confederacy.
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    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    The most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War.
  • Battle of Antietam

    The first major battle in the Civil War.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Created by President Licoln it was a Presidental Proclamation and executive order as a war measure during the Civil War.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Fought in Gettysburg Pensilvania by the Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War
  • Confederate Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    It was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army. It was on of the last battles fought in the Civil War.
  • ‘Bleeding Sumner’ Brooks-Sumner fight

    Brookes beat Sumners almost to death with a cane cause he gave a anti-slavery  speech