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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
she helped many slaves escape slavery by taking them on a path through houses of anti slavery people that would house them for a couple nights -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
the Kansas Nebraska act was the states got freedom to not be slave states so the states got to choose if slavery is legal or illegal. it was a huge debate so they decided to let the states do what they wanted. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
he and his men attacked because it was he thought that violence would get rid of slavery and thought the blacks would follow him because he was violent. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won against Steven A. Douglas and Lincoln promised that he wouldn't ban slavery in the south and he said he would do anything to keep the union together -
Confederate States of America is formed
seven of the southern states seceded and had ended slavery in their states freeing many slaves in the states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana -
Fort Sumter
it happened in south Carolina after south Carolina seceded fort Sumter tried not to provoke anything after a while they surrendered -
Civil War Begins
4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
was the very first battle between the union and confederacy people from Washington came and watched the confederacy won the battle -
Jefferson Davis elected
elected by the southern states to be the confederate president the people thought he was apart of the assassination plot but he wasn't -
Emancipation Proclamation
the union won the battle at Antietam and the union held off a confederate invasion more Americans died in one day than any other single day in history Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves in their territories not in the south but the slaves in the south thought it applied to them as well -
Gettysburg Battle
the confederates tried to invade the north attacking Washington dc form the north hoping for the union surrender it was the only battle where the south attacked from the north nd the north attacked from the south the union army intercepted the confederate army near the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania the confederates had partial victories but where ultimately defeated it was the battle that swung the civil war in favor of the north -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
general Sherman took his armies and cut the confederacy in half ultimately capturing Atlanta Georgia and he destroyed everything and destroyed the souths ability to wage war -
13th 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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
he had Robert e lee surrounded grant was the general of the union army and lee surrendered to him at the courthouse ending the civil war -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilks Booth while he was at the play at Petersen house Washington D.C. -
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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. -
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. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.