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Compromise of 1850
A series of compromises used to advert crisis between the North and the South, one of them being the Fugitive Slave Act. -
The Dred Scott trail verdict
A series of trials where Dred Scott, a slave, sued for freedom since he had been taken into a free state and was kept as a slave. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry in attempt to seize the federal arsenal and lead a slave rebellion. -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
Confederate forces attack Fort Sumter and the Civil War officially begins. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle in the Civil War and was a Confederate win. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War. It ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and was Union victory. -
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued
A document that stated that if the Southern states didn't cease their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, then the Proclamation would go into effect. The Proclamation declared slaves held in Southern states would become free. -
Siege of Vicksburg
General Grant leads the Union army into siege on Vicksburg, trapping the Confederate army. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Union victory that stopped General Lee's second invasion into the South. -
Battle of Missionary Ridge
A Union win that caused the Confederate Army of Tennessee to retreat to Georgia. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee surrenders Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. -
Abraham Lincoln's assassination
Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. -
XIIIth Amendment
13th Amendment was ratified and formally abolished slavery in the United States. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
An act that made the plan for readmitting Southern states into the Union. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
For the first time ever a president is impeached and the eleven articles of impeachment are adopted. -
Election of 1876
One of the most disputed elections in history, with Rutherford Hayes as the winner rather than Samuel Tilden.
