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Missouri Compromise
The compromises purpose was to admit Maine as a free state andMissouri as a slave state. It threatened the balance of slave states to free states and prohibited slavery above latitude 36 degree 30. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise had enacted the Fugitive Slave Law which stated all slaves caught escaping the south were to be captured and returned tp their owners. The compromise was created to keep the union from splitting, but ended up driving the wedge deeper between the North and the South. -
Kansa-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act repealed the Missiouri Compromise, allowing the residents of each new state to decide if they were to be a free or slave state. After this bill was passed violence erupted in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers. These acts of violence were known as Bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave that appealed to the Supreme Court for his freedom because his owner moved to a free state. The cheif justice Roger B. Taney ruled that because Scott was black, he was not a citizen so he had no right to sue. This ruling made abolitionists everywhere furious. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the most crucial election yet. It decided if the south was to stay with union or seced. It came down between Lincoln and the Southern Democrate John C. Breckinridge, But because Lincoln won the south was forced to the decison of secession. -
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Union Blockade
The purpose of the Union blockade was to prevent the shipment of arms, ammunition, and supplies to the southern states.The ships the confederacy used to avoid the blockade were small high-speed ships often commanded by British officers. President Lincoln commissioned over 500 ships, most of which were rag tag in apperance. -
Battle of Antietam
Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle in American military history. The battle was fought between Confederate forces under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Union forces under the command of Gen. George B. McClellan. Although the Confederate forces retreated the loses sustainad on both sides made this battle a draw. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed that all slaves in states not controled by the union were to be set free. The document allowed slaves to fight for the union army, but it did not free slaves in states loyal to the union. This was so they did not lose support from these states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg AddressThe battle of Gettysburg was the largest and most crucial battle of the war. It was a three day battle that started on July 1st and ended July 3rd. The battle was a turning point in the war for the Union and the downfall for the Confederacy. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The battle of Chickamauga was largest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War. It the second bloodiest battle of the war. It was fought between Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans and Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. After three days of fighting the Confederate forces halted the Union advance into Georgia. -
Shermans March to the Sea
The purpose was to frighten Georgia's civillian population into abandoning the Confederate cause, and to destroy main Confederate supplie lines. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of those who fought back. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
With his army surrounded and exhausted, Gen. Robert E. Lee had no choice but to consider the surrender of his army to Gen. Grant. After the two Generals exchanged notes they agreed to meet at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Court House. After two and a half hours the meeting ended with the official surrender of Lee to Grant.
