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Law passed that required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves
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Establishes popular sovereignty (voters decide), so citizens in Kansas and Nebraska could choose if they wanted slavery in their states or not.
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U.S. Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, ruled slaves were property, not people.
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John Brown attempts one of the first anti-slavery raids, planning to raid an armory and arm slaves, but fails.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede from the United States and 10 states follow its lead, forming the CSA.
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PGT Beauregard is given orders to open fire on Fort Sumter (Union), beginning the Civil War
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Union attacks CSA in Virginia, winning the battle in the beginning but is defeated by "Stonewall" Jackson
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After a small victory at Antietam, Lincoln established the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the South and kept foreign help away from the CSA.
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"Turning Point" of the war for the Union. The battle lasted three days and nearly 50,000 men were killed for a Union victory. Shortly thereafter, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
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The Freedman's Bureau was formed to provide food, shelter, and education to newly freed slaves.
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Lee surrenders to Grant but only has two requests: for his men to keep their pistols and their horses
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Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while enjoying a play with his wife on Good Friday, shortly after Lee's surrender.
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Andrew Johnson is quickly sworn in, after the assassination of Lincoln and begins his presidential era full of bias and struggles with congress.
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Congress passes the 14th Amendment making all people born in the U.S., citizens and former CSA memebers cannot be in office
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After Grant is put into office, he passes the 15th Amendment, stating that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on color, race, or previous servitude.
