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The Compromise of 1850 was meant to ease tensions between the North and the South by enacting a more strict Fugitive Slave Law and banning slave trade in Washington D.C.
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This trial proved blacks were not free, even in free states. It was confirmation that slaves were considered property.
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John Brown tried to start a revolt to free the slaves and attacked the U.S. Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry.
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Confederates attacked the fort and took it, and it was not retaken by the Union for nearly four years.
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The Battle of Bull Run resulted in a Confederate Victory, because of an under-trained Union Army.
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The Battle of Antietam was won by the Union, and the Emancipation Proclamation was given five days after the battle.
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, saying that slaves in Confederate States could be free.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the costliest battle of the Civil war, and destroyed the majority of the Confederate Army.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the final conflict of the Vicksburg campaign, and resulted in a Union victory.
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The Battle of Missionary Ridge resulted in a Union Victory as part of the Chattanooga Campaign.
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The Thirteenth Amendment stated that slavery was Illegal in the United States.
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The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse resulted in a Confederate Army surrender to the Federal Army of the Potomac.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, disrupting the Government and sending the country into grief.
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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 stated freed men could vote and that southern states could have military administration.
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Andrew Jackson was Impeached for the way he handled reconstruction after the Civil War and for firing his Secretary of War.
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The Election of 1876 was the most contentious and controversial election in American history.
