road to revolution

  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis

    the first confederate president.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    The first president to oppose slavery that was born in missouri.
  • william tecumseh sherman

    william tecumseh sherman

    he was a great general in the union army
  • harriet tubman

    harriet tubman

    a liberator of slaves that spied on the south
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    the north's general in the civil war.
  • stonewall Jackson

    stonewall Jackson

    he was a great confederate general that preceded robert e lee
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act

    it organized the territories of kansas and nebraska.
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John harper raids a military installation to incite a slave up rising.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    abraham lincoln i elected and the south secedes
  • confederate states are formed

    confederate states are formed

    the southern states form and break from the union
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Fort sumpter is attacked by the south.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    the bloodiest war in american history that ended slavery.
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    the first major battle of the civil war where spectators could be seen watching the battle on hills above the field.
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

    the famous battle where Abraham lincoln gave the famous gettysburg address.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    the proclamation that makes it so that all slaves in rebellious states shall be free from now on.
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    a military campaign to get people to join the military.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    got rid of slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime.
  • the 14th amendment

    the 14th amendment

    gave all slaves basic rights
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    forbids the government refusing the right to vote to people of any race or color

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