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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Known as the “Moses of her people,” Harriet Tubman was a escaped slave, and helped other slaves gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowed for popular sovereignty created two new territories. It also allowed for each state to decide if they wanted slavery or not. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
this was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. So the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics then number of states seceded from the Union. -
Confederate States of America is formed
Many say that the primary cause of the confederate states was the Southern states' desire to preserve the use of slavery. -
Civil War Begins
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. This event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter
The Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter. two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, -
Battle of Bull Run
in this battle 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 for the Confederates. Its battle sent northerners who had expected a quick, victory to be very worried, and gave a false hope that they to the southerners thinking they could pull off a swift victory. -
Jefferson Davis elected
Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Confederacy. As a compromise between moderates and radicals was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Gettysburg Battle
In this battle then Union's eventual has a victory in the Battle of Gettysburg this gives the North a major morale boost and put a definitive end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North. -
Sherman’s march to the sea
The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
There were Southern who believed that the Confederacy could be restored. John Wilkes Booth held that belief, and it was the motive behind his plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln. -
13th amendment
the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States it says that "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.". -
14th amendment
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War. -
15th amendment
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.
