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Compromise of 1850
Both proslavery and antislavery and let California be admitted as a free state. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
People voted for popular sovereignty in the new territories -
Radical republicans
They divided the country, required states to let African American men to vote and said must ratify the 14th amendment -
Battle at Fredericksburg
Confederates win and the South looks too tough to beat -
Battle at Chancelloersville
Confederates won and Stonewall Jackson gets killed -
Battle at Gettysburg
Union won and general Lee gets pushed back to Virginia -
Gettysburg Adress
Lincoln gave a speech to tell the people the focus needs to be building America -
Battle at Vicksburg
Union win and they gained control of the Mississippi River -
Battle at Atlanta
Union wins and the Confederates major city is destroyed -
Battle at Richmond/Appomattox Court House
Union wins and the confederates surrender. Last battle of the civil war. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery and the south tried to do everything to get around it -
President Andrew Johnson
Johnson gets elected as president but was later charged for impeachment -
Lincoln gets killed
Lincoln gets killed by John Wilkes Booth -
14th amendment
Equal protection under the law and citizen ship to everyone born in the states -
15th amendment
Gave African Americans males the right to vote