American Civil War

By _karissamaye

  • The Missouri Compromise

    leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S.
  • Period: to

    The Mexican War

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    The first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight.

  • Compromise Of 1850

    Divisions over slavery in territory gained in the Mexican-American War were resolved in the Compromise of 1850

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Period: to

    Bleeding Kansas

  • Confederate Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Bleeding Sumner' Brooks-Sumner Fight

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia

  • Election of 1860

  • South Carolina secedes from union

  • Battle Of Fort, Sumter, 1861

  • The Unions Anaconda Plan

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclamtion

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Shermans March to the Sea