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Fugitive Slave Act
Said that it was a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free states. -
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Missouri Compromise
Made an imaginary liine where if you were above it you were free and if you were below you were slave. -
Compromise of 1850
California was able to join the union as a free state. The rest of the mexican cession was divided into 2 territories Utah and New Mexico where they would decide whether they wanted slavery or not by popular sovereignty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was an anti-slavery novel that spoke powerfully against slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Said that slavery is to be decided ny popular soverignty by the people who vote in the eections. -
Dred Scott Trial Decision
This trial's decision stated that enslaved African Americans were denied U.S. citizenship and could not sue in federal court. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown and his group of men tried to attack and seize the weapons arsenal at Harper's Ferry. They were outnumbered so they were easily defeated. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
When the state of South Carolina backed out of the union and created its own country. Other states in the South soon followed. -
Abraham Lincoln takes office
Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860 and takes offfice in early 1861. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
When the confederate army opened fire on ,union,Fort Sumter. No one was killed but it showed what the confederate army was capable of during. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Considered the real beginning of the war. This battle was the 1st battle between the two armies. The Confederates won by flanking the union which made the union retreat. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was started by the confederates who wanted to make a surprise attack on the union camps. While at first the confederates were winning union reinforcements came in and pushed the confederates back. -
Battle of Antietam
This was one of the bloodiest battles the civil war, because no side really won. This was a back and forth battle that ended in a draw but the confederates retreated which helped Abraham Lincoln pass the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in the confederate states. -
Battle of Vicksburg
This battle started on May 18 and ended on July 4. The union won this battle after multple seige attacks on the confederate city. This victory for the union split the confederacy in half. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle started on July 1st and ended on July 3rd. The union won this battle after almost losing to Gen. Lee's forces. After the feirce battle Abraha Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg address. -
Sherman's March to Sea
The march started on Nov. 15 and ended on Dec.21. To show to the confederates that they could be invaded Union Gen. William T. Sherman marched through Geogia all the way down to Savannah, and all the time they marched they burned and destroyed public areas. -
Confederacy Surrenders!
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomatox. -
Abraham Lincoln Assinated
Abe lincoln assinated at Ford's theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
Reconstruction
Happened after Civil War was a plan to reunify the former seceded states.
