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The Liberator Goes Into Prints.
The Liberator was a abolitionist writing in a newspaper. William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp wrote and printed it. The newspapers were weekly for 35 years. (1831-1865) -
Compromise Of 1850 Passed
Henry Clay a senator from Kentucky proposed this.The fugitive slave act was amended. Slave trade was banned in Washington D.C. California was added as a free state. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti-slavery Novel. It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It sold 300,000 copies in 3 months. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Stephen Douglas,a senator from Kentucky proposed this Act. Popular Vote would decide if slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska Territories. It also repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
James Buchanan sworn into office
James Buchanan a former Senator from California was elected President in 1856. He was part of the Republican Party. -
Dred Scott Decision.
Scott was born a slave around 1800 in Virginia. His master brought him to a free state so he thought he was free. He took his case to the U.S Supreme Court. They said he was still a slave. -
John Browns Raid @ Harper's Ferry
John Brown tried t arm African Americans so they could revolt against Slaveholders. It didn't work. He got a death sentence. Got hanged. -
Lincoln Elected 16th President
Abraham Lincoln was a republican. His main goal was to leave slavery the way it was in existing areas, but ban it in new territories. -
South Carolina Seceded from the Union
South Carolina was the 1st state to secede from the union. They believed in slavery and states rights. Then 8 other southern states joined South Carolina and they called them selves The Confederate States Of America -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The battle of fort Sumter was the 1st battle in the Civil War. Fort Sumter was in confederate territory(the south). No one died. The fort was surrendered to to south. -
The Battle Of Bull Run
This battle took place in Northern Virginia. Both Sides Lacked War experience. The Confederacy Won this Battle. After this Battle the Union and Confederacy realized this was going ti be a long and painful war. -
The Battle Of Shiloh
On this 2 day battle, The Confederate leaders decided to strike before all the Union Soldiers were there. It was a small victory for the North. But the losses were enormous. Over 23,000
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The Battle Of Antietam
Robert Lee went into Union territory to try to start a battle. This Battle was a key victory for the Union. But it was also the deadliest single day battle in the war. About 6,000 people died. 17,000 suffered wounds. Lee retreated back to Virginia(Confederacy Territory) after his plan to attack in the north was a fail. -
Battle Of Fredericksburg
Fought in and out of Fredericksburg,Virginia. Lee's Army killed over 5,000 of the Unions army. Lee suffered 5,300 casualties during this battle. The Confederates won the battle -
Emancipation Proclamation
This document was President Lincolns way of abolishing slavery. It Gave slaves in the Confederacy freedom. Most came up to fight in the war. But he didn't want to ban slavery in Boarder states cause then they could secede and join the Confederacy. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The confederates fought an army twice the size and still won that battle. They fought in Virginia. -
Battle Of GettysBurg
This Battle is considered the most important Battle of the Civil war. After a win at Chancellorsville the confederates thought they would win. But they underestimated the Power of the north. Victory for the North. -
Vicksburg Surrendered
The confederacy is split in two when this happened. General John C. Pemperton surrenders the fort to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Shermans March to the sea
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. Fought IN Georgia. Union Victory -
South Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
This was the last "battle" of the civil war. The South came to Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. The Union was back together all in one piece. Later that year, in December, slavery was abolished
