-
Compromise of 1850
It was offered by Henry Clay. California would be a free state and the rest of the Mexican Cession would be decided by popular soveregienty. Slave trade was ended in Washington DC, and a more effective fugitive slave law would be passed. The compermise was enacted. -
Uncle Tomś Cabin
It was written by Harriet Breecher Stowe. It was an anti-slavery novel published in 1852 and sold over 2million copies in the decade. It was the book that shed light on how slaves were reallly treated. Lincoln called Harriet Breecher Stowe ẗhe little lady that started the civil war. -
Dredd Scott Desision
It was a desision made by the supreme coart that allows slave owners to take their slaves to the western territory. -
Lincoln-Douglous Debates
They were 7 debates for a spot in the senate between Lincoln and Senater Douglous. Lincoln lost. It brought slavery to the forefront of politics. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown raided Harpers Ferry. It was an effort by the white abolishonists to start an armed slave revolt. -
Election of 1860
Before the election the issue of the south seceding was not very important, but that changed after the election.
Democrats (north)- Douglous
Democrats (south)-John C. Brekinridge
Constitutional Union Party-John Bell
Republicans-Lincoln -
South Carolina Seceds from the Union.
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union. -
Mississippi Secedes from the Union
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. -
Florida secedes from the Union
Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union. -
Alabama Secedes from the Union
Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union. -
Georgia Secedes from the Union
Georgia becomes the fifth state to secede from the Union -
Louisiana Seceded from the Union
Lousiana was the sixth state to secede from the Union. -
Texas Seceded from the Union
Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union. -
Bleeding Kansas
It started in 1851. The Kansas-Nebraska Act used popular sovereignty to solve the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska. Both sides voted and both sides declared victory. They both clashed in what is know as Bleeding Kansas. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a Fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The South was trying to take as many union forts as possible. Lincoln told the South they would not fire unless fired upon first. the South fired and the war had begun. -
1st Battle of Bull
It was near the River of Bull Run. Northern forces marched from Washington DC expecting a quick victory. After getting pushed back by the North, the South charged screaming their Rebel Yell, pushing the north back, and forcing them to retreat. -
Merrimack vs Moniter
The North and the Soumh both build iorn clad ships that battled. It was considered a draw because neither could do much damage. It is officially a union victory because the south never left the harbor. -
Battle of Shiloh
It was on the border of Corinth, MS and Shiloh TN. Ulysses Grant led the North and defeated the South in the bloodiest 2 day battle of the war. Grant earned himself the title "butcher of men" and was almost fired by congress but saved by Lincoln. -
Capture of New Orleans
With all the Souths defenses occupied they had left the city of New Orleans almost unguarded. Gen. David G. Farragut surprised the south and captured the city. It now gave them full access to the mouth of the Mississippi river. -
Battle of Antietam
It was at Antietam Creek, MD. Due to Gen. McClellan's hesitation the North was attacked. The North was able to hold off the South in the bloodiest single day battle of the war. McClellan's hesitation cost him his job when Lincoln replaced him. -
The Battle of Fredricksburg
Gen. Burnside mistakenly thought he could charge up a hill and overtake the South. The Union suffered many losses and Burnside resigned as General. -
The Siege of Vicksburg
For over nine months Gran led a siege on Vicksburg, on July 4th they finally gained victory. They gained the Mississippi River, splitting the South in half. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln thought that taking a stand against slavery would make Britain and France less likely to aid the South. He created a document that freed all the slaves in the rebelling states. This allowed African Americans to join the Union Army and lead to the thirteenth amendment. -
The Battle of Chanslerville
The Confederates scored a victory, but Stonewall Jackson was shot and died 8 days later. -
Batttle of Gettysburg
The two sides met by accident in Gettysburg. The first two days the south pushed the North over by cemetery ridge, on the third day the north push the south over the side, forcing them to retreat. -
Shermans March to the Sea
Gen William T. Sherman led 6,000 solders on a siege from Atlanta to Savannah, GA. It was to frighten the South. They didn't destroy towns, only sole food and livestock and burned the homes of any who resisted. -
Abe Lincolns Assasination
Lincoln was watching a play in Forts Theater, which is in Washington DC. John Wilkes Booth who was a famous actor and southern sympathizer, went up to Lincolns private booth and shot him, fatally wounding him.
