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Founded because of the Kansas-Nebraska act. In opposition of slavery, the Republican party sought to end the expansion of slavery westward. -
Another 'compromise' for slavery. President Franklin Pierce signed the act, which allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide their own state laws regarding slavery via popular sovereignty. -
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election via plurality vote. -
South Carolina, after the election of Lincoln, voted to secede from the Union due to potential threats to slavery. -
Fort Sumter under fire after the Secession of Confederate States. -
Refers to the temporary suspension of the legal right ensuring the supreme court the power to judicial review. -
A separate Confederate Congress votes to move the Confederate capital to Richmond, VA -
Also known as the first battle of Manassas, this was the first major battle in the American Civil War -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy, which consisted of the seceded southern states -
First ironclad warships clash in naval combat. An essential point in the Civil War as well as modern history. -
Pivotal two-day-long battle fought in southwestern Tennessee. -
Robert E. Lee was named general after Joseph E. Johnston was wounded in battle. -
Also called the battle of Sharpsburg, at Antietam Creek in Maryland -
Lasted through December 11 - 15 in Fredericksburg, VA. -
Declaration that all slaves being held in rebellious regions will be free henceforth. -
Fought in Spotsylvania county, Virginia. Lasted between April 30 through May 6, 1863 -
A three-day-long battle at Gettysburg, PA. Estimated 51,000 casualties. -
Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered the garrison at Vicksburg to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
A violent 'uprising' in protest of the Conscription Act of 1863, which implemented a military draft. -
Lincoln delivered a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg. -
General William T. Sherman captures Atlanta, GA from Confederate control. This is a pivotal loss for the Confederate States. -
Lincoln wins 1864 presidential election for his second term in office. -
Sherman's march began in Atlanta and lasted through the coastal town of Savannah, GA. -
Only through this was Emancipation truly fulfilled. This Amendment eventually ended slavery and became one step forward toward equality in America. -
Made to assist formerly-enslaved people, as well as impoverished whites in the south by providing food, shelter, education, etc. -
Amidst the devastation of the Civil War, Lincoln gives his second Address following his re-election. -
Rather than letting them fall to the Union, the Confederate army decided to burn all their military supplies. The resulting blaze left much of Richmond destroyed. -
Lee surrenders his Northern Virginia army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Actor John Wilkes Booth shot and killed president Lincoln while attending a performance held at the theater he was performing at. -
John Wilkes Booth killed in a barn fire in Port Royal, VA