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The Underground Railroad
It was a network of safe houses for escaping slaves. Abolitionists owned the houses and approximately 100000 slaves used the passage. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave but his master died in a free state so Dred thought he was free so he went for residency but when he returned to Missouri he was made a slave again after he sued for freedom and the Missouri compromise was made -
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates
It gains Lincoln national exposure, Raises moral debates and Lincoln runs for Senate -
The Compromise of 1850
Allowed slavery in the south but not the north. Was made by the Missouri Compromise. -
Lincoln Elected!
President Abraham Lincoln is our 16th President -
The Confederate States of America
The southern states wanted to keep slavery but the north wouldn't allow it so they succeeded and made Jefferson Davis president. -
Start of War
Confederate Soldiers fire the first shots on Union troops at Fort Sumter -
First major battle
The Confederates will win the first major battle at Bull Run. The loss shocks the North -
Union Accepts Slaves as Soldiers
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued all of the slaves that came were then given the choice to be a soldier and fight and many did -
Battle of Antietam
The single most bloody war in the civil war and ended in a draw but General Lee withdrew his troops giving Lincoln the W -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued this after the battle of Antietam and it states that any slaves that leave the Confederate States of America and come to the Union will from then be a free man -
Lincoln Fires McClellan and many more
With General George McClellan not following orders exact and promptly lots of people dying and the Confederacy winning. President Lincoln fires McCelellan, Ambrose Burnside, Thomas Hooker and George Meade. -
Confederacy Surrenders
At the Battle of Appomattox, the south pushed to break through the lines but failed and they were surrounded. Then General Robert E Lee sent a letter to General Ulysses S. Grant to talk about surrendering and Grant accepted and the ended the war. -
Lincoln is shot
John Wilkes Booth didn't like how President Lincoln was so he assassinated him in Ford's Theater -
Pres. Andrew Johnson is soft
Pardoned most confederate states who swore allegiance to the union and let them return to what ever they were doing before the Civil War -
Thirteenth Amendment is ratified
President Lincoln ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment and it abolishes slavery -
President Andrew Johnson Impeached
Pres. Johnson is impeached for multiple things: violated the office of Tenure act, fired Sec. of war and more.
