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Trent Affair
The Trent Affair was a diplomatic upset that took place during the Civil War. The Union confiscated a Confederate ship, arresting diplomats on their way to Britain and France to draw their support. This created a question of international allies within the war. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. It took place in Tennessee when the Confederate army hoped to stop Grant's forces from advancing onto Nashville. This Union victory significantly injured Confederate forces. -
Battle of Island 10
The Battle of Island 10 was a major Union victory. The Confederates recognized the Mississippi River as a weak point in their defense line. When the Union army attacked and captured Island 10, a island in the middle of the Mississippi River, the South lost control of Northwestern Tennessee as the north no had access to this region. -
Battle of Antietam
Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. It provided the Union victory that Lincoln needed in order to give the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was and executive order issued by Lincoln which freed the slaves in the Southern United States. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Batlle of Fredericksburg took place on a Union campaign. The Confederates defeated Union forces, ending this campaign. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was a Union siege of the Confederate Vicksburg, Mississippi. This ended in a Union victory. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the turning point of the Civil War. It was a union victory. -
New York Draft Riots
The New York City Draft Riots were often violent protests that took place after the national government announced the initiation of a draft system for the Civil War. It was the result of the anger of working class and minority citizens, who were hit the hardest by the draft system. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln describes the principles of equality stated in the Constitution and uses them to depict the irony in America's system of slavery. He makes this speech with the opening of a new cemetery for fallen soldiers at Gettysburg. -
Lincoln Proposes 10% Plan
This plan proposed by Lincoln called for Reconstruction. It stated that a state could enter the Union once 10% of its voting population had taken an oaths against slavery and the state constitution was revised so that it made slavery illegal. -
Battle of fort pillow
The Battle of Fort Pillow is often described as one of the saddest moments in American history. Confederate troops defeated a black regiment in Henning, Tennessee. After the black Union troops surrendered, Confederates were ordered to keep attacking them. It is also as the Fort Pillow Massacre. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor took place a few miles outside of Richmond, the Confederate Capitol. It was an attempt to cut off the supply line to Richmond. This Confederate victory was one of the most devastating defeats of Grant during the Civil War. -
Battle of Petersburg
The Battle of Petersburg was a siege that lasted nearly nine and a half moths. It cut off the supply line to Richmond, which led to Lee's surrender. This was a Union victory. -
Wade-Davis Bill
This bill was an unsuccessful attempt by radical republicans to reform the Union. It said that all southern states must have a majority take and oath that they had never supported the Confederacy. Although it passed through both houses of Congress, it was pocket vetoed by president Lincoln. -
Battle of Franklin
This battle was fought in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. Confederates were attempting to prevent the Union army from entering the safe hold of Nashville. Ultimately, this battle was a major loss for the Confederates resulting in 6,000 casualties and 6 dead generals. -
Freedman's Bureau Founded
This organization was founded by Lincoln to help freed slaves find work and other opportunities following emancipation. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated for his political views while in a theatre in Tennessee by John Wilkes Booth. -
States Begin to Enact Black Codes
Later known as Jim Crow Laws, Black Codes were first enacted in Mississippi. They were laws put on place to restrict the freedoms and opportunities of the recently emancipated slaves after the Civil War. -
13th Amendment ratified
This amendment was passed during the Reconstruction era. It abolished slavery across the nation. -
KKK Founded
The Ku Klux Klan was founded by a group of white supremacists. It often used violence to scare African Americans and African American sympathizes. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This law defined what it took to be a citizen of the United States and attempted to benefit African Americans and former slaves by allowing them equal protection under law. -
1st Reconstruction Act
This act was part of Lincoln's plan for reconstruction. It divided the South into military districts for control by the North, gave suffrage in local elections to African Americans, and barred Confederate leaders from holding political office. -
Impeachment of Johnson
Johnson, whom became president after the assassination of Lincoln, was impeached and later acquitted by the radical republicans in Congress for removing Lincoln's secretary of war from office and violating the Tenure of Office Act. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The fourteenth amendment granted equal protection under law to all citizens, including the former slaves. It was part of the reconstruction era -
15th Amendment Ratified
The fifteenth amendment was the final amendment made during the Reconstruction era. It granted the right to vote to all African American men living in the United States. -
End of Reconstruction
The Reconstruction era ended around 1876 when Rutherford B. Hayes was voted into office and the Democratic Party took over the Southern states. -
Hayes-Tilden Agreement
The compromise assured the Rutherford B. Hayes would win the White House. In exchange, he had agreed to pull federal troops out of South a caroling and Louisiana.
