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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railrod
She freed slaves from plantations in the dark of night. She spent her whole life to helping slaves -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
It created 2 new territories and allowed popular sovereignty. I made the conflict known as bleeding Kansas. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Brown and his men overran Harpers Ferry and even took some hostages. Word of them overrunning Harpers Ferry spread to the troops and they were surrounded by morning. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln's name wasn't on the ballot in 10 slave states. He won anyway and slavery was abolished in the North -
Confederate States Formed
Seven southern states seceded because the North didn't like slavery -
The Civil War Begins
When Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter is known as the beginning of the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter
It was the official beginning of the Civil War. The South said that they could either surrender or be taken by force. The South took it by force. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Union troops and Confederates fought Manassas Junction. 35,000 Union troop went to engage a Confederate force of 20,000 going along a river called Bull Run -
Jefferson Davis election
He was elected president of the Confederate states. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln put out the Emancipation Proclamation as the third year of the civil war was drawing near. It said that all people that are slaves in the Confederate States are now free. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Union and Confederates fought in the town of Gettysburg. It was the highest casualties in the entire war and was the turning point of the war. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman and his troops marched 285 miles over 37 his casualties was 1,300 while the confederates were 2,300. The freed between 17,000 and 25,000 enslaved Black people. -
Appomattox courthouse
Ulysses S. Grant got a large part of the Confederate army to surrender here -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
While Abraham Lincoln was watching a play and John Wilk Spooth shot him in the head. -
13th Amendment
This Amendment made slavery illegal everywhere. -
14th Amendment
No state can make or enforce laws that abridge the privileges or immunities of their citizens -
15th Amendment
Every citizen can vote where race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
