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Slave rebellion in Southampton County, Va. Around 50 to 60 people were killed, with most of them being white.
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The first Anti-Slavery newspaper. This was important to spreading this way of thinking.
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Called for the creation of a new government that had slavery banned.
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She defended the right of women to speak in public in defense of a public cause.
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Called for slaves to refuse work and demand freedom, and to use force if needed.
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Declaration of Sentiments demanded equal status between men and women.
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She became a famous "conductor" for the underground railroad.
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Consisted of five laws that were passed in order to deal with slavery.
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It required that if escaped slaves were captured, they would be returned to their masters.
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It was a rebuke of many anti feminist arguments at the time.
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It is credited with helping make slavery less popular by givings faces to the slaves and their owners.
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A series of violent confrontations over the legality of slavery in Kansas.
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Allowed the people in the two states to decide if slavery would be allowed in their borders.
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Antislavery Whigs met up to discuss the formation of a new party.
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Believed that blacks had the same rights as whites and wanted to eradicate slavery.
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Written by slavery supporters in Kansas
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Financial panic due to declining international economy and over expansion of the domestic economy.
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Declared that Dred Scott was not entitled to freedom, that African Americans could not be citizens of the U.S., and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
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Douglass was already an influential figure but Lincoln became a national figure due to these events.
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A raid on a federal armory to try and start an armed slave revolt
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The party split into two parts during the 1860 election which caused Abraham Lincoln to easily win the election.
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They were the first state to split from the Union over slavery.
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He won pretty easily since the Democratic party was split into two halves during this time.
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They split from the Union and formed their own country over the issue of slavery.
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Invaded by Confederates and started the Civil War.
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Union victory led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Declared slaves in the Southern states free.
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Had lots of casualties and was seen as the wars turning point.
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Given by Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg a few months after the battle of Gettysburg
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Grant would later go on to become the 18th president.
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Done to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederacy cause.
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Soldiers in the army gave most of their votes to Lincoln which helped him win.
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Was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while at a play
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The battle lasted only a few hours, and basically brought the war to an end.
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Became president because he was vice president was Lincoln was assassinated.
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Created by six Confederate veterans.
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Wanted to help freed blacks and poor whites after the Civil War
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Abolished slavery in the United States
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Regulated the transition from slave to free in the South and offered no role to blacks in Southern politics
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Carpetbaggers moved to the South after the Civil War and Scalawags cooperated politically with free black men and Northern newcomers.
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The act declared everyone born in the United States citizens
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Series of four laws that overrode the presidential veto of Johnson
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Gave citizenship to everyone born/naturalized in the United States, meaning former slaves were free.
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Was a popular candidate due to his service in the Civil War.
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Johnson's removal of the Secretary of War was seen as a violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
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Gave African American men the right to vote.
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Wanted to redeem the South by gaining political power over the Radical Republicans.
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Limited the protection the 14th amendment gave.
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One of the earliest cases to deal with the application of the Bill of Rights to State governments after the 14th amendment.
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Ended the Reconstruction era and the Southern governments started to take freedom away from black people.
