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Missouri Compromise
One of the reasons for the start of the Civil War, Missouri requestied the Union to become a slave state, which would disrupt the balance between both free and slave states. As a result Congress passed an Amendment that drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territoy to keep peace. -
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Events of the Civil War
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed the view of how Americans viewed slavery. The novel demanded that the United States had to provide freedom and treat everyone equally, and President Lincoln blamed the novel for the start of the Civil War. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
The Kansas- Nebraska Act created the Kansas and Nebraksa territories.By popular sovereignty settlers in Kansas would determine whether or not the state would be free, repealing the Missouri Compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a term used to describe violence during the settiling of the Kansas territro. Settlers who wanted to live in a free state and proslavery influenced the decision for Kansas to become a free state, with the help of leading abolitionists and John Brown. -
The Dred Scott Decision
It was Dred Scott vs. Sanford Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court stated that no African American could be a citizen of America, which promoted slavery, and the federal government had no right in banning slavery in federal territories. -
Election of 1860
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected as the President of the United States, and many southerners were shcoked. The southerners believed that the government was against their interests, since Abraham Linocoln wanted to abolish slavery and a plethora of people of the South wanted it, as it was vital to their buisness. Because of this seven states declared secession before his inaguration. -
Fort Sumter
The official start of the Civil War took place for three days near Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. No casualties took place, and the Union soldiers inside didn't want to surrender, including President Lincoln, but the Confederates starved them and finally the soldiers inside gave up. There were no deaths during this battle, and this boosted South's confidence, and this told the North that they need more preparation. -
Battle of Bull Run
Also known as the Great Skeddadle, taking place in Manassas, Viriginia the Confederates won and President Lincoln drafts 100,000 troops because he saw the North unprepared. Many northerners realized this war wouldn't be as easy as they thought. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads took place near Richmond, Virginia and was the first battle between Ironclad warships during the war. The battle was in a way irrelevant but started naval warfare. -
Battle of Shiloh
Also know as the Battle of Pittsburgh, both sides suffered heavy losses in resources and troops, but in the end the Union won. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was fought at Antietam Creek, with General Lee (South) and General McClellan (North) commanding. It was the bloodiest day in American history, and finally the South withdrew to give the Union the victory. Even thought the Union won 12,000 soldiers of died and with no other choice President Lincoln fired McClellan. -
Emancipation Proclamation
the Emancipation Proclamtion was a document written by Abraham Linocln to free all slaves in the South, which had no immediate effect. The South had already seceded so they didn't follow the northern laws, and didn't take effect in the Confederate States of America. The only good which came out of this document was that the northerners couldn't own slaves any more, excluding the border states, and also redefined the purpose of the war. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
General Lee of the Confederates divides his army to face a larger army the Union Army which was led by General Hooker, and in the friendly fire Stonewall Jackson dies. In the end, the Confederates won. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The battle of Vicksburg took place from May 18 to July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.. The victory for the Union was very imprtant as by winning this battle, the Union gained controlled of the Mississippi River and achieved the second step of the Anaconda Plan. As a result, the Confederacy lost one of their major strongholds and the Union could divide them in half. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War. One third of Lee's troops died, and the new commander for the Union General Meade made Lee's army withdraw after three days of fierce fighting. It was a Union victory. -
Sherman's March to Sea
General Sherman led 60 thousand soldiers on a 285-mile march rom Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The march was step three of the Anaconda Plan, and was known as "total war" burning down houses and every object seen. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was passed on January 31, 1865, which freed slaves. Earlier in the Civil War, President Lincoln drafted the amendment but it was shot down by the Democrats, who were concerned about the states' rights. The Amendment was very important and showed that the Union wouldn't tolerate the Confederates' rebellion. -
Appomattox Courthouse
On this day, the Confederates surrendered, being the last battle and the Civil War ended. The five years of fighting were over, and the Union won, uniting America. Sttep four of the Anaconda Plan was finally achieved. -
Assasination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 15th, 1865, five days after the Civil War, President Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilked Booth in Fords Theater. Booth, a southener, wanted to cause chaos in the government by removing the President and Vice President of the United States, but the people assigned to kill Vice President Johnson, luckily failed, so as a result Johnson took over presidency of the country. Lincoln's assasination left the nation traumatized and in shock. -
Ku Klux Klan
Formed in the early 1865, the KKK was a white Confederate organization whose goal was to terrorize the African Americans.
