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Compromise of 1850
5 bills passed in the UNited States which defused the four year disagreement between the Slave States of the South and the Free States of the North. -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of border wars between the free states and the slave states. The conflict was caused by the question of if Kansas would join the Union as a Free or Slave state. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 -
The Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision gave slave owners the right to bring their slaves into Western Territories, negating popular sovereignty and undermined the Republican Party. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for Senate of Ilinois. The debates focused on the issues they would deal with after they had won. -
Harper's Ferry
An attempt made by John Brown, to arm the slaves and start a revolt after taking weapons from the armory. -
Lincolns Election
Abraham Lincolns election into office caused the Civil War due to the lack of support for the Slave owning south. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was attactked by the Confederates in an attempt to gain the fort. The Confederates fired on the fort for 34 straight hours until the fort surrendered April 23. -
Bull Run
A battle between the Confederates and the Union Army in Prince William County, Virginia. It was the first major battle of the Civil War. Both sides quickly realized that the war was going to be longer and bloodier than they had previously thought. -
Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War. With over 22,000 casualties combined. -
Emancipation Proclamation
An execuative order by Abraham Lincoln that freed all the slaves in the 10 states that were still rebelling. -
Gettysburg
Gettysburg is where the Union Army defeated the Confederate military, this battle is also described as the turning point of the war. -
Gettysburg Adress
The Gettyysburg Adress was a speach given by Abraham Lincoln where Lincoln reiterated the basic principles of human equality. -
Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison was built to hold the nearly 45,000 prisoners that the Confederates had captured. -
THe Surrender at Appoxmattox Court House
The signing of the surrender of the Conferate army in Virginia was signed her, which started the surender of the south which marks the end of the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The assassination occured just as the Civil War was ending. Its believe that John Wilkes Booth had done this to try and revivie the Confederate south. -
Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln took a stand to bring the South back to its normal state as soon as possible.
