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The most explosive element in the Compromise of 1850 was the Fugitive Slave Law,
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854.
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The Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1860 to select their candidate for President in the upcoming election.
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was a major battle in the western theater of the american civil war.
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On Thursday, April 11, 1861, Confederate Brig. Beauregard dispatched Anderson to demand the fort’s surrender.
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On March 8, 1862, from her berth at Norfolk, the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and run Congress aground.
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The most influential American novel ever written appeared first in weekly instalments between June 1851 and April 1852 in the National.
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The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1to July 3, 1863 was the largest battle of the American Civil War as well as the largest battle ever fought in North America.
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Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south.
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on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865
