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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act created Kansas and Nebraskas Territories. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown initiated a slave revolt by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, -
Election of 1860
A time before the Civil war where there were 4 strong candidates for presidency. The political parties were in a flux. -
Confederate States of America is formed
Americas Formed -
Fort Sumter
The confederate states of america attacked the united states garrison at fort sumter. The Fort surrendered, however this started the Civil War. -
Civil War Begins
Civil War starts -
Battle of Bull run
Also Known as the first Manasas, was the first major battle of the civil war. There were 3000 Union Casualties and 1750 confederate casualties. The confederates won. -
Jefferson Davis Elected
Jefferson Davis gets elected. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." This was stated by Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Gettysburg
A battle fought in Gettysburg where the Union won. It would give the North a major morale boost and put an end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North. -
Shermans March to the sea
A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the objective of destroying Confederate supplies. -
13th amendment
Slavery is Abolished -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln Assasination
Abraham Lincoln is shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth -
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
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
