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Mexican American War
At this time America went to war with Mexico over territroy in what is now known as Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona. -
Treaty of Hildalgo
Also known as the Mexican seccsion, the vast territories out west were purchased by the U.S. for $15 million; the addition of this territory would lead to a heated debate over whether or not it would allow slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Five seperate bills which ended debates over whether the new territories would be free or slave states. California was admitted as a free state, slave trade was abolsihed in D.C., Texas surrendered it's claim to New Mexico, and Utah and New Mexico would vote to decide whether they would be free or not. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular soverighnty would decide if the territories would become slave or free states. This caused supporters of both sides to flood the areas to vote in their favor. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a MO slave whose master diea while he was in free territory and assumed he was a free but was told otherwise by the widow of his former master, it was ruled that he was property and couldn't take the widow to court so he was once again a slave. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown led a select group of abolitionist along with his sons and caputerd an arsenal and massacered citiznes before being captured. This was a violent showing of support for emancipation that showed the country people were willing to fight and die over slavery. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina declared its independence from the Union setting the tone for civil war. -
First Battle of Bull Run
First battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates. -
Battle of Gettysburg
North wins, becomes turning point in the war. -
Appomattox Court House
End of war, General Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant of the union to sighn the treaty stating the Confederacy had surrendered. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
Whiskey Ring Scandal
A scandal, exposed in 1875, involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. The Whiskey Ring began in St. Louis but was also organized in Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Peoria. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era