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Compromise of 1850
The compromise was a package of 5 bills passed by the congress.
These bills were the following:
1.Texas surrendered New Mexico in exchange that the government would take over the state debt
2.California became a free state
3.Popular sovereingnty in new states
4.Slave trade was banned but slavery not
5.there came Fugitive Slave Law these bills caused a lot of tension between the north and south. -
The Dred Scott Decision
After his former slave master sold him to U.S. Army Surgeon Dr. John Emerson Dred Scott was taken to Illinios which was a free state. Mr. Scott Went to court were the judges decided That Dred Scott remained a slave because a slave is just property. So that meant that slavery actually could be used everywhere. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
These new states became attractive because popular sovereingty.
So anti and pro slavery people wanted their ideology in the new states. -
Bleeding Kansas
After the Nebraska-Kansas act the tension between anti and pro slavery people rose to the highest level people started killing eachother and it became a bloodshed. -
Lincoln – Douglas Debates
Seven debates between republican Abraham Lincoln and democrat Stephen Douglas both were running for the senate from Illinios. That were mostly about slavery and had a lot of attention of the people -
Harper’s Ferry
On October 16, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown and 21 men raided the arsenal of harper´s perry. one of the men was a fugitive slave . During this time assisting fugitive slaves was illegal under the Fugitive Slave Act. Brown captured several buildings; he hoped that his attack would lead to a slave uprising in the south. -
Lincoln’s Election
His election was in March 1861 and triggered a lot of anger in the south because they thought Abraham Lincoln was a abolitionist.
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Fort Sumter
The attack of confederate soldiers against Fort Sumter a Union controlled fort based in confederate South Carolina. This Was the triggering event of the Civil War. -
Bull Run
The first battle was the first major battle of the American Civil War. Won by the confederates
The Second Battle of Bull Run was fought August 28 1862. And was between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia. -
Antietam
It was the first Field army-level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln declaring the abolition of slavery in the south.
From now on the Civil War became a Moral fight -
Andersonville Prison
A prison for confederate prisoners of war. It was a horrific place that holded 4 times the capacity it had. there was a lack of food,water and all other things nearly 15.000 Union soldiers died there. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
The battle of Gettysburg was the last battle on Union soil.
The Gettysburg Address was Lincoln's speech that united the Union states and maid sure that all citizens would be treated equally. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee signed the surrender here to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant ending the American Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth While attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre The Civil War was nearly over. Booth was helped by a lot of people that wanted to get rid of President Lincoln. -
Reconstruction
The time after the civil war were slavery was abolished and former slaves gained their rights. Also the time were Southern states were back united with the Union forming The United States Of America.
