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Compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state. Land taken from Mexico would be subject to popular soverignty on slavery. Texas gave up land. The slave trade was abolished in D.C. The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Crucial battle in the war. Lee attempted to invade the North, and General George C. Meade stopped him. -
Gettysburg Address
Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. He discussed the founding principles of the United States and memorialized the lives of the fallen soldiers in that battle who died to preserve American democracy. -
Lincolns 10 percent plan
Lincoln began to theorize plans for readmitting the South before the war was over. It required 10 percent of a state's population to take an oath of allegiance to the Union, abolish slavery, and give many of the freed slaves suffrage in order for a state to be readmitted. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee joined under this system. His plan was not approved by Congress. -
Wade- Davis Bill
This plan, created by radical Republicans, was their alternative to Lincoln's 10 percent plan. It required a majority of a state's population to take an oath of allegiance, abolish slavery and ratify the 13th Amendment in order for a state to be readmitted. It was passed, and readmitted all of the southern states. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders to the North
Lee surrendered, effectively ending the Civil War. -
Death of Lincoln
Abe Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater by John Booth. -
Thirteenth Amendment takes effect
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery. -
Fourteenth Amendment takes effect
The 14th Amendment granted birthright citizenship to anyone born in the United States. -
Fifteenth Amendment takes effect
The 15th Amendment granted universal suffrage to any citizen regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Compromise of 1877
This compromise removed Northern troops occupying the South and gave the control of many Southern state governments back to Southern Democrats. It was agreed to by the North to avoid a filibuster by a Southern Democrat to a new bill. It effectively ended Reconstruction.