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The republican party was formed in response to the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It consisted of mostly people from the North. -
The Kansas-Nebraska allowed for popular sovereignty for the new States and Kansas and Nebraska will be the first two states to be decided by it. -
Lincoln was elected president in 1860, almost all of Lincoln's votes came from the Northern United States. -
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln and fear that he would get rid of slavery. -
When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter it was marked as the beginning of the Civil War. -
Richmond was the Souths second largest city and it was moved to become the capital of the confederacy after Virginia seceded. -
The first battle between union and Confederate was fought in Virginia. It began when around 35,000 union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along the river known as Bull Run. The battle ended with a Confederate victory. -
Jefferson Davis was elected as a compromise between moderates and radicals for a 6 year term. -
Merrimack was known as the confederate and Monitor was known as the Union. They fought to control the Hampton Roads and the battle ultimately ended in a stalemate. -
The Battle of Shiloh ended with a victory for the Union. The Battle of Shiloh was called the bloodiest battle because of two days of carnage. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the peninsula campaign which followed the wounding of Joseph E Johnston. -
New York City draft riots were intended to express their anger at the draft, but the protests turned into riots against African Americans by Irish rioters. -
The Battle of Antietam was a union victory. This victory gave President Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation proclamation, this made Battle of Antietam one of the key turning points of the Civil war. -
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus because it was his response to the rioting by Confederate sympathizers in Maryland. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a confederate victory and also one of the largest and deadliest battles of the war. -
The Emancipation Proclamation declared "That all persons held as slaves... are, and henceforward shall be free." It gave slaves the opportunity to live freely in the United States. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville ended with a Confederate victory and stopped an attempted flanking movement. -
The Battle of Gettysburg was a union victory that was fought around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was known to be the turning point of the war. -
The Confederates surrender at Vicksburg because their supply's were nearly gone after holding out for more than 40 days. -
A summary of the Gettysburg address is that the best way to honor the sacrifice of the dead soldiers is to keep fighting for them and the nation. -
Sherman attempted to destroy Tennessee and capture Atlanta, while he failed to destroy Tennessee he was able to force the surrender of Atlanta. -
Abraham Lincoln was re-elected president in 1864, defeating George McClellan -
The purpose of Shermans March to the sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the confederate cause. -
The 13th amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States. -
Freedman’s Bureau provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced southerners, included newly freed African Americans. -
Lincolns second inaugural address was to claim that both the South and North had to share some of the blame for the sin of slavery. -
Richmond falling to the Union Army was important because its capture signaled the end of the confederacy. -
Robert E. Lee surrendered to spare further suffering to his men. -
President Lincoln was assassinated in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, who shot him from behind using a pistol. After shooting president Lincoln, Booth shouts "Sic Semper Tyrannis" -
John Wilkes Booth was the man who assassinated president Lincoln. Just a little over a week later, John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed by a soldier named Boston Corbett.