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Compromise of 1850
Slave trade was abolished in washington, california joined the union as a free state and a territorial government was made in utah -
the Kansas Nebraska act
An act passed by congress letting kansas and nebraska decide if they would allow slavery, going against the compromise of 1820 which disallowed slavery above a certain latitude -
Bleeding Kansas
The fight in Kansas whether they should allow slavery or not, the people disagreed over it for years and many times it broke out into violence. This came right before the civil war and raised tensions a lot. -
Dred Scott decision
The decision made by the supreme court 7-2 where they ruled that even though Dred Scott resided in a free state he was not and could not be a citizen of the united states and that the missouri compromise was unconstitutional. -
Lincoln-Douglas debate
The debates between Abraham Lincoln ans Stephen Douglas, while being just a presidential debate they very much asked about slavery and the rights of other races. -
Harper's Ferry
The attempted raid on the United States' arsenal at harper's ferry led by John Brown in an attempt to get the weapons necessary to lead a slave revolt -
Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 19th president on the 6th of november in 1860, this led to a lot of tension because he went against what much of the south thought about slavery -
Fort Sumter
After succeeding from the union confederate troops demanded that fort sumter surrender and after they refused to fired cannons at the for for 34 hours straight then on april 13th the union surrendered the fort. -
The battle of Bull Run
The union tried to go straight in and take the capital of the confederate states and end their rebellion but they were inexperienced and they did not plan well, the confederates won while still taking heavy losses also. -
Battle of Antietan
After pushing the confederates back into maryland the union set up a large attack on the confederate flank, at first looking successful reinforcements came from harpers ferry and led a successful counterattack against the union ending the battle there. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The executive order made by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves that were held in confederate states meaning if they could get to the north they were all legally free. this was used as a measure to weaken the confederates during the civil war. -
Gettysburg
Called the "turning pint" of the civil war, the union army successfully stopped the confederates from trying to invade the north, the battle still had the highest number casualties of all of the civil war. After the battle Lincoln came out and had a speech that spoke very much on the idea of all men being created equal and equality for all. -
Andersonville prison
The largest war prison in the war held by the confederates, it is said to have had at least 45,000 union soldiers there if not more. The prison's commander henry wirz was the only man who was charged with war crimes in the civil war, he was charged for the horrendous treatment of union soldiers in the camp. -
The surrender at Appomattox courthouse
When the confederate army lost a battle at appomattox general robert E. Lee surrendered to the union army signing the official papers at the Appomattox courthouse -
Lincoln assassination
Abraham Lincoln the president of the united states was assassinated on april 15 165 by a confederate sympathizer who did not agree with the policies of Lincoln -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the period of time after the civil war of trying to rebuild and renew the relationship between the ex-confederate states and the union, in order to be re allowed into the union all of the confederate states had to accept the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution saying that a state can not take a mans right to equal protection under the law no matter what race and allowing black males to vote.