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Uncle Tom's cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that talked about the evil truth of slavery. This was done by telling the story of an older slave that was whipped to death by their owner. This book shocked Northerners and sold as a best seller. This opened the eyes of the North and angered the south who denied all of it.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act divided the area into Kansas and Nebraska territories which decided that slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty. This led to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers. This was known as Bleeding Kansas and Governor John Geary had to send 1,300 troops to go stop the violence.
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Dred Scott was a slave in a free state until he moved to a slave state with his owner who eventually died. He teamed up with some abolistionist attorneys who filed a lawsuit. This went to the Supreme Court who decided that slaves were property and could not file a lawsuit. They also declared that Congress could not even ban slavery in a state which basically repealed the Missouri Compromise.
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were seven debates around Illinois. These debates headlined the main problem of the nation which was slavery. Douglas debated that slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty. Lincoln debated that slavery should not spread into the territories. He also believed that the Nation would be ripped apart by fighting pertaining to the issue of slavery.
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John Brown led five blacks and thirteen whites to Harper's Ferry to raid an arsenal and started a slave rebellion. During the attack no slaves rose to help which led to a lot of John Brown's men to be killed and even he was arrested. He was later charged and hanged. Northerners refereed to him as a Martyr.
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After the Election of 1860 the south felt like the Northerns had too much power because of the election of Lincoln. The south did not like any of the ideas of Lincoln and grew angry. On December 20,1860 South Carolina decided to secede from the Union which started the trend of other states seceding.
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Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States on March 4, 1861. In his speech he addressed how he would enforce laws in the states that secede. He promised to not interfere with slavey in the places that it existed in.
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The Confederate forces decided to start seizing federal forts. They attacked Fort Sumter 4:30 am. The attack was successful and led to the Fort being surrendered to the confederate forces.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was known as the turning point of the Civil War. This ended the last invasion of the North and the rest of the battles would take place in the South which signaled that the South would probably lose.
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The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he talked about how liberty and equality is important for all people. He gave a description of the battle and showed a powerful desire to reunify the Union.
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On April 3, 1865 Grant delivered the final blow to the confederate army which led to General Lee surrendering on April 9,1865. Lincoln wanted a simple surrender form the South and did not humiliate them.
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While attending a theatre around 10:00 p.m. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a well known actor John Wilkes Booth. This was done to revive the Confederate ideas of slavery but that never happend.
