-
-
The Underground Railroad estabilished a link of safe houses that made it possible for slaves to safely run away from their owners. It even had terms used in railroads, such as safe houses called "stations" or "depots", possibly to confuse slave owners.
-Luke -
-
September 9, 1850 California's application for admission as a free state with its current boundaries was approved and a Southern proposal to split California at parallel 35° north to provide a Southern territory was not approved.
-
-
-
John Brown and several followers seized the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He did it to try to get supplies for slaves to fight back against their owners. He was captured. His plan failed.
-Jordan -
-
-
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, South Carolina preceived a threat. They took a vote and removed South Carolina from the United States. Which led to the secession of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Which brought the threat of secession by four more, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These 11 states formed the Confederate States Of America.
-
The Confederate states Of america is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate and former U.S. army officer, as president
-
In his first Inauguration Address, Licoln wanted to have slaves freed, yet keep peace with the South. As it turned out, the Southern States seceded and rebelled.
-Luke -
When president Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumpter South Carolina feared a trick, Robert Anderson was asked to surrender immediantly. He offered to surrender after he got supplies but got denied on April 12. The civil war started when shots were hit on fort sumpter. Fort Sumpter was eventually surrendered to South Carolina.
-
First Battle with An Ironclad ship
CSS Manassas was the first ironclad warship to battle. It fought in the Battle of the Head of Passes, which was fought on the Mississippi River delta. This eventually led to the widespread use of this new Navy technology. The USS Merrimack was one of the many ironclad warships built in the Civil War.
-Luke -
It is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, at the dedication of the national cemetery in Gettysburg, PA.
-Jordan -
-
Abraham Lincoln talked about things he promised to do in the second half of his Presidential time. Sadly John Wilkes Booth Prevented this from happening. However Lincoln Vice President, Andrew Johnson, and other Presidents after him, carried out things Lincoln wanted to do.
-Luke -
-
John Wilkes Booth shot him at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln Dies the next day.
-Luke
