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Fort Sumpter
The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the U.S. army surrendering. -
Confiscation act of 1861
The confication act of 1861 was a series of laws passed by the federal government during the American Civil War that were designed to liberate slaves in the seceded states. -
First battle of Bull Run
Bull Run was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. The fierce fight there forced both the North and South. The Confederates won in the end. -
Abraham Lincon elected as President
He was the 16th president and a self-taught lawyer and legislator. He also played a role in abolishing slavery while preserving the Union. -
Battle of Antietam
This was the first moder war, meaning modern weapons were used. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." It was Issued by President Abraham Lincon. -
Homestead act
Accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to claim for up to 160 acres of free federal land. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The plan was to try and get some leverage in the North by forcing Northern politicians to stop prosecuting the war. The invasion would also provide some relief to war-tired Virginia by taking advantage of bounty from the rich, Northern farms. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The Mississippi River was the primary conduit for supplies and communication through the south as well as a vital lifeline for goods going north. The Union Won and Confederate troops surrendured to Ulysses S. Grant. -
13 Amendment
" Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" -
Freedmen's Bureau
Helps ex-slaves get on their feet. It help millions of former Black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. It provided food, housing and medical aid. -
Abraham Lincon gets assassinated
Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning. -
Andrew Johnson
The 17th president elected. He served from 1865 to 1869 and was the first American president to be impeached. -
Civil Rights Movement
Was passed by congress, affirming that all citizens are equally protected by the law. The Act also defined citizenship and made it illegal to deny any person the rights of citizenship on the basis of their race or color. -
Black Codes
Back codes were restrictive laws used to limit the freedom of African Americans and continue to use them as cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War. -
Tenure act of 1867
It restricted the power of the president, The law was passed over President Andrew Johnson’s veto by Radical Republicans in Congress in their struggle to get control of Reconstruction from Johnson. -
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The Farmers Alliance/ the Granger Movement
The granger movement fought monopolistic grain transport practices following the Civil War. -
14th Amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Ulysses S, Grant was the18th president of the U.S. He was the commander of the Union armies during the civil war. -
First Trancontinental Railroad
Originally called the Pacific Railroad, is the result of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, compeating to building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. -
15th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" -
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Enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871
Protected Blacks rights to vote -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
It was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier during the construction of the transcontinental railroad. -
The drepression act of 1873
People were loosing their Jobs because of sorruption and economic issues -
Colfax riot
African Americans were killed by domestic terrorists like the Ku Klux Klan who tried to reinforce antebellum policies of white supremacy. -
Coinage act
The Coinage act of 1873 ended the right of those who owned silver bullion to have it coined into standard silver dollars, it allowed holders of gold to continue to have their bullion made into money, -
The Whisky ring
Whisky distillers conspired to defraud the federal government by bribing them in order to increase profits and evade taxes. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
It took place near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, federal troops fought against a band Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne worriors because some tribes missed the federal deadline to move to reservations. -
The Comprimise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between Southern Democrats and Republican supporters of Rutherford Hayes. This agreement played a crucial role in determining the winner of the 1876 presidential election. It also maked the end of the Reconstroction era. -
Dawes Act
It granted the federal government the authority to divide tribal lands, with the objective of integrating Native Americans into mainstream U.S. society. This integration was to be achieved by encouraging Native Americans to engage in farming and agriculture. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre was a mass shooting involving nearly three hundred Lakota people being shot and killed by soldiers of the United States Army whos goal was to repress the Plains Indians.