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First Issue of the liberator
Its circulation was about 3,000 and three-quarters of subscribers were African Americans in 1834. Garrison set the tone for the paper in his famous open letter "To the Public" in the first issue. -
compromise of 1850-passed
it was an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. -
Uncle Tom's cabin published
It changed forever how Americans viewed slavery. It was the system that treated people as property. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act- passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th president
Buchanan successfully defeated Republican candidate John C. Fremont and became the 15th president -
Dred Sctott decision
Scott claimed he should be free since he had lived in areas where slavery was illegal. -
John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry
It was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia. -
Abe Linclon elected president of the United States
It was often thought of the first event in a series that turned into the civil war -
South Carolina seceded from the Union
It was the first entirely regional party in US history – in that election -
Battle at Fort sumpter begins
It was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War -
First battle of the Bull Run begins
It was also known as Battle of First Manassas. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
It stipulated that if the Southern states did not cease their rebellion by January 1st, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg begins
The battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. -
Sherman's March to the Sea begins
It is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War -
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
It was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
