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Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 when a slave is found in a free state they must be sent back to their owner. Anyone found helping run away slave are committing a federal crime. -
Dread Scott Case
Dread Scott was a former slave living in a free state. and since he was a former slave they found him his owner took him to court and he had to go back to being a slave. -
Harper ferry raid
john brown raid trying to arm slaves with guns in virgina. -
south Carolina leaves the union
south Carolina was the first state to succeed from the union -
Abraham Lincoln
After Lincoln was elected president he won all the north states and the south didn't like it so they started to leave the union. -
General Robert E.Lee
Robert E lee was one of the greatest confederate generals in american history. he graduated from west point not getting deducted one point ever and he is the only one who has ever done it. -
Ulysses Grant
grant was the most successful general in the union he also gave general lee his first greatest lost. he became president in 1869. he did ok his first year but is he is considered to have the worst administration in history. -
Fort Sumter
The battle of fort Sumter was were the war began. the fort is located in Charleston,South Carolina. The battle lasted 2 days until the south won, -
The first battle of Bullrun
The first battle of Bullrun was considered the first major battle of the civil war.each side had about 18,000 men the battle was a south victory. -
south attacks
csa 12,000 killed in 3 hours battle ends in a draw -
battle of fredricksburg
Burnside attacks lee and losses 13,000 troops.and a total of 18,000 men are lost -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg lasted 2 days. the confederate general was Robert E Lee. The union general was General George G. It was lees first major lost. both sides lost 51,000 -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment ended slavery.After the end of the civil war. It was like a punishment to the south for leaving. -
Abraham Lincoln assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on.After he fled the scene and was caught a couple of weeks later and killed. -
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan- terrorized blacks all over the south. not even Andrew Johnson did any thing to help blacks across the south he just let them run free.