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First Liborator
A newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison. He was an abolitionist. It was created in January 1, 1831. -
Compromise of 1850 (passed)
This act was proposed by Henry Clay. Henry Clay was a senator from Kentucky. This act would add Caifornia as a free state, and slavery would be illegal in Washington D.C. With these things also came the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act said anyone who helped a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisioned. -
Uncle Tom's cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's cabin. This book showed the reality of some of the things slaves had to endure. -
Kansas-Nebraska act (passed)
This act was proposed by Stephen A. Douglas. Stephen Douglas was a senator from Illinois. Popular Sovereignty would pass or deny this act. This act repelled the Missouri Compromise which Henry Clay proposed. -
James Buchanan 15th president
James Buchanan was a diplomat and a congressman. He was part of the Democratic Party. -
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott was a slave bought by a doctor in Missouri. He wanted his freedom because he lived in the north. Roger B. Taney said "Dred Scott was still an enslaved person. He has no right of a law suit." A new -
Abe Lincoln elected President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln was a republican. He wanted to ban slavery in territories; leave it where it stands. He was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. -
South Carolina seceded from the Union
South Carolina seceded from the Union first. After they left, six other states left too. They include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. -
Battle of Fort Sumter begins
The fort was guarding the Charleston Harbor. Lincoln recived a message saying they were low on supplies. When Lincoln was told that the Confederacy saw this as an act of war, so Lincoln issued a call for troops. The Confederacy destroyed the fort, but thankfully know one died. -
Battle of Bull Run (1)
This was the first major land battle. The confederates stood their ground so strongly that Jackson was given the nickname "stonewall". The confederates won. -
Emancipation Proclaimation
Declared that "all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free." The guarantee would only take place if the Union won the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate troops made several assaults, but they were met with the Union who fought back. The Union tried to fool the Confederacy and stopped firing. The Confederates charged and many were killed. The Union won, but there had been many deaths. -
Sherman's March to the sea
General William T. Sherman and his 62,000 troops marched to the port of Savannah from Atlanta. Sherman's troops continued the policy of destroying all important property along their path. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
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Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln went to see a play in Ford's Theater. John Booth, a confederate supporter and an actor, shot Lincoln in the back of the head.
