Sectionalism/Civil War

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  • Compromise of 1850

    5 seperate bills passed that resolved the disputes regarding slavery in territory acquired from the Mexican-American War.
  • Home by the Lake by Frederic Edwin Church

    Home by the Lake by Frederic Edwin Church

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Bill that divided the land West of Missouri into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. This bill allowed the two territories to decide if they wanted to be a slave state or free state.
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    Bleeding Kansas

    Small "civil war" between proslavery and antislavery advocates.
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    States secede from the Union

    In order: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861)
  • Abraham Lincoln inaugarated president

    Abraham Lincoln inaugarated president

  • Civil War begins

  • Lincoln publishes the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect on January 1, 1863

  • Civil War ends

  • Union Refugees by George Pettit is published

    Union Refugees by George Pettit is published

  • Reconstruction Era begins

  • 13th Amendment ratifed

    Abolishes slavery in the US.

  • 14th Amendment ratified

    Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.

  • Civil Rights of 1875 enacted by Congress

    Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accomodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883.

  • Reconstruction ends

  • An Old Roadway by George Inness is published

    An Old Roadway by George Inness is published