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Compromise of 1850
The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The confederates took the first shots on Union troops at Fort Sumter. -
Bull Run
First major battle fought on ground by the Confederates and the Unions. The confederates won this battle. -
Antietam
On September 17, 1862, Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil. The Union victory at Antietam resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The declaration reads, 'all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people where of shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.' -
Gettysburg
Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. This was a turning point in the war because the union won the battle -
Chancellorsville
This lesson examines this major Confederate victory, looking at how, with roughly 30,000 combined casualties, it was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's greatest victory during the American Civil War. -
Vicksburg
The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi stood as the only remaining Confederate stronghold on the mighty Mississippi River. The Union campaign against Vicksburg, in its entirety, would be the longest of the Civil War. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea, more formally known as the Savannah Campaign, was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia. -
Lee Surrenders to Grant
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. the Union forces broke through the defenses and forced Lee to retreat. -
Shooting of Abraham
President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C by John Wilkes Booth. The South went to kill him as he jumped onto his horse waiting for him at the back of the theatre. -
Military Reconstruction Act
the Radical Republicans fully in control of Congress after the mid-term elections of 1866, they quickly passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867. These acts divided the south into five military districts. -
14th Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by color and race. Allowed most African Americans in history to be elected into public office. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was established by Congress as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands on March 3, 1865, to aid and protect former slaves after the end of the war.
