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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She helped dozens of slaves escape to freedom in the North. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed all new territories to choose whether the allowed slavery or not. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a revolt on a federal armory in Harper's Ferry, in current day West Virginia, to try to start an armed uprising to abolish slavery. -
Election of 1860
This was the election that Abraham Lincoln was elected in. He ran against Stephen Douglas, and the main issue of the election was slavery. -
Confederate States of America is formed
This was the group of 11 states that broke away from the Union to make their own country. They supported slavey, and were disbanded in 1865. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a fort surrounded by Confederate troops. When a Northern supply ship tried to reach the fort, the South fired on the fort, starting the Civil War. -
Civil War beings
The Civil War started after 11 states seceded from the Union and made their own country where slavery was legal, so the North fought to try to make them rejoin the Union. -
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
This was the first major battle in the Civil War. It was expected to be an easy Northern victory, but the South fought and got a decisive victory. -
Jefferson Davis Elected
Jefferson Davis ran unopposed for President of the Confederate States of America, and, because he was unopposed, he won. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was the declaration that Abraham Lincoln made that declared all slaves held by Southern states were free from that point on. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was a major battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the turning point of the Civil War. The Northern victory gave them morale and stopped Robert E Lee's invasion of the North. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Northern General William Sherman marched 60,000 men through the south. The purpose was to scare the civilian population into giving up the war. -
Appomatox Courthouse
This is where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, ending the Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
While attending a play at Petersen House, Washington D.C, Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth, and died a day later. -
13th Amendment
This amendment declared slaver unconstitutional and abolished it in the United States. -
14th Amendment
This gave equal civil and legal rights to all African Americans, free or previously enslaved -
15th Amendment
This gave any citizen of the U.S. the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or whether they had been enslaved or not.
