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Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others slaves to their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad. She also served as a scout, spy, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. -
The controversial bill granted the possibility that slavery could be expanded into other territories where it had been banned. Its passage worsened the debate over slavery in the United States, which later worsens causes into the Civil War. -
Soldiers took over Brown and his followers, leading ten of his men to be killed, including two of his own sons. Brown, wounded, was tried by the state of Virginia for treason and murder. He was found guilty on November 2. -
This election showed us the divisions within the United States right before the Civil War took place. The election was unusual because four strong candidates were competing for this presidency. -
The seven Southern states had seceded. On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America. -
Forces from Confederate States of the U.S. attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. What is interesting is no one was killed. This battle started the Civil War. -
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops attacked at Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered and retreated. -
The First Battle of Bull Runs outcome sent northerners who had expected a quick victory reeling, and gave southerners a false hope that they could pull off a victory. -
Jefferson Davis, is elected to become the president of the confederate states. The voters confirm a full six-year term of presidency. -
The proclamation was signed by Abraham and declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The Union's victory in the Battle of Gettysburg would gave the North a major boost and put an end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's plan to invade the North. -
The Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman went from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the plan of destroying Confederate supplies/economy. The march began after Sherman captured, evacuated, and burned Atlanta. -
This was when Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrenders his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant- end of the Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate- at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack was five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. -
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people -
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."