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COMPRAMISE OF 1850
California was able to enter the Union as a free state. The rest of the Mexican Cession was devided into territoritories- Utah and Missouri- were the question of whether to allow would be decided by popular soverighty. The North benifited by California was admitted as a free state, slavery becoming prohibited in Washington D.C, and Texas loses boundry dispute with New Mexico. the South also benifited by having no slavery restrictions on Utah and New Mexico, Texas gets $10,000,000 &Fugitive Slave -
KANSAS AND NABRASSKA ACT
the Kansas and Nebraska act was a plan that would devide the remainder of the Lousiana purchase in two territories--kansas and Nebraska-- and allow the people to decide on the wuestion of slavery. Antislavery Northeners were outraged by the implications. All across the North citizens attended protest meetings and sent anti-nebraska petitions to Congress. Both sides rushed over to Kansas to vote. Pro-slavery voters crossed the border from Missouri, voted in Kansas, then returned home. -
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Published in 1856, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book nemed Uncle Tom's Cabin, that spoke out powerfully against Slavery. In Uncle Tom's Cabin, a kindly enslaved African American named Tom gets taken from his wife and becomes a slave of the cruel slave owners. Abolishonist thought it created more people against slavery because of all the copies that were sold. The south was outraged because it gave an unfavorable impression of what slave owners were like. -
ELECTION OF LINCON
On November 6, 1860 Abraham was elected president and strongly supported the viewpoints of the abolitionists. He did not even bother to campaign in the southern states. Although he supported abolishing slavery, he vowed to allow it where it already existed. He became a major leader in the Civil War. -
BATTLE OF FORT SUMPTER
Fort Sumpter was a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina that was attacked by Confederate troops. This event began the Civil War. The South was able to take control over Fort Sumpter. This battle made states choose between staying in the Union or secede. Battle of Fort Sumpter had no effect on either side, all it did was begin the civil war. -
UNION BLOCKADE
The Union created a new type of warship called an ironclad. These ships were heavily armed with iron and difficult to penetrate. With these ships, the Union prevented the south from selling or receiving goods and damaging their economy. The south thought the Union Blockade was torturous because they had to suffor from food shortages and lack and supplies. -
BATTLE OF SHILOH
In the Battle of Shiloh, the union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley. It was a bloody two day event with both sides claiming victory. It was good for the north because it gave them more control of the Mississippi River area. The south felt that they were the winners because of the number of Union casualities. -
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
The Emancipation Proclamation was the order to free Confederate slaves. It was difficult to enforce immediately because the federal government was not actively present in the rebellious confederate states. Some abolitionists weren't completely satisfied with the proclamation because it did not free the slaves in the border states. -
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
The Battle of Gettysburg was a key battle that finally turned the tide against the confederates. The four day battle eventually led to the Gettysburg Adress, which praised the Union soldiers and renewed its commitment to winning the civil war. This victory for the Union forced Lee's troops to never again launce an attack in the North. In addition, the Union win helped end the South's search for foriegn help. The Gettysburg Battle wasn't good for the South because they had to regain land. -
TOTAL WAR
The total war was a march of Sherman to destroy civilian and economic resources. Sherman believed that the total war would ruin the South's ability to fight. The total war was a 60 mile wide and 300 miles long path of destruction. In the end, Sherman's destruction of the South led to anger and resentmant toward the people of the North that would last for generations. The Norths strategy of total war led to the surrender of the South. -
APPOMATAX COURTHOUSE
The appomatax courthouse was the small town where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the civil war. the north twas excited and proud of the soldiers who ended and won the civil war. The North -
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
the Civil Rights Plan of 1866 provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans. some republicans about what would happen when the southern states were readmitted. Because the republicans were fearful, they created the 14th admendment. The south -
TEN PERCENT PLAN
The ten percent plan offered southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting their rebellion. To receive amnesty, southerns nneded to swear loyalty to the United States and agree that slavery was illegal. Lousiana quickly elected a new state legislature under the ten percent plan. Other Southern states that had been occupied by Union troops soon followed Louisiana back into the United States.
