Civil War

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

Congress wanted to allow act of slavery to be up to the people.

Dred Scott decision

Mar 6, 1857

"living on free land doesn't mean he is free".

President Lincoln's election

1860

Opposed slavery and wasn't on most ballots in south.

Battle at Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Shocked North into seeing that the South wasn't going down without a fight.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Bloodiest battle and Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation

Chancellorsville

1863

Stone wall Jackson killed

Vichsburg

1863

Turning point in the war for the Union.

Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

Union gains confedence

Atlanta

1864

Union destroys major city

Sherman's March from Alanta

Dec 21, 1864

Destroyed the will of the confederates.

Appomattox Court House

1865

End of the civil war

Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

Abolished Slavery

Lincoln is Killed by Booth

Apr 14, 1865

Booth kills Lincoln in Ford's theater

14 Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

Equal protection under law

15th Amendment

Feb 26, 1869

African Americans are granted equal rights.