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The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper. William Lloyd Garrison and Issac Knapp founded it. The newspaper was only published for 35 years.
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The Compromise is a package of 5 Bills that the U.S. Congress passed. It also spread a meeting between slave and free states.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote it. The novel is about a suffering black slave named Uncle Tom and stories of other characters.
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The ACT allowed Nebraska and Kansas to choose to have slavery or not to have slavery. The Kansas Nebraska ACT was passed by the U.S. Congress.
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James Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania, 1791. He started his political career as a member of the Federalist Party in the House of Representatives. James served 5 terms in the House of Representatives. He died in Pennsylvania, 1868.
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Dred Scott was an African American slave trying to escape from his owner. He went to court to argue that he should be free since, he has lived in free states. Dred Scott won the case but, the Supreme Court changed the decision.
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John Brown tried to arm enslaved African Americans and start a revolt against slaveholders. He tried to take over a Federal Arsenal. John Brown ended up getting put to death.
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Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election against Stephan Douglas. Abraham Lincoln represented the Republican Party and Stephan Douglas represented the Democratic Party.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. Within a few months of Abraham Lincoln's election, South Carolina seceded from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln received a message from Fort Sumter because they needed more supplies. Lincoln sent an unarmed group with supplies. Jefferson Davis told his Confederate Troops to attack before the supplies could arrive. The Fort surrendered.
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The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle. This battle was a Southern victory. General McDowell was blamed for the Union's loss so he was replaced with General McClellan.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation. It gave freedom to the slaves in the Confederate states if they didn't have to go back to the Union. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
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General Robert E. Lee brought 25,000 soldiers to Gettysburg and the Union got pushed. The Union regrouped with 80,000 soldiers. Eventually it was a Northern Victory. The North lost 23,000 men and the South lost 25,000.
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General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Georgia. The meaning of this March was to scare Georgia into abandoning the Confederate cause and to stay with the Union.
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This battle was one of the last battles of the Civil War. General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army. There was a meeting at the McLean home where General Lee agreed to surrender.
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Abraham Lincoln served from March 1861 - April 1865. Abraham Lincoln died at a theater. He was assassinated by John Wilkes.
