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Missouri Compromise
A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states. The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It prohibited slavery in territory that later became Kansas and Nebraska. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people in 1831. What Nat did set off a massacre of up to 200 people and this also caused a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement and assembly of enslaved people. -
War With Mexico
This war was between the United States and Mexico. This war ended February 2, 1848. The United States purchased New Mexico and California for up to $30 million. Mexico used to have all of those states but at the end of the war the United States got those states. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from mexico in the Mexican- American war. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five passed in September that dealt with the issue of slavery. As part of the Compromise, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended. Also the slave trade in Washington DC was abolished. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive slave act were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in 1852, the novel has a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. This novel " helped lay the groundwork for the Civil war. -
kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that mandated " popular sovereignty". This allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was the U.S Supreme court's ruling. This was important because they said that having lived in a fire state and territory did not entitle an slaved person. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown was abolitionist who led a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry. This was in attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
The election was held on a Tuesday, November 6, 1860. This was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. -
South Carolina Secedes
By a vote of 169-0, the South Carolina legislature enacted an "ordinance" that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other states. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. -
Formation of the Confederate State of America
The Confederacy was established in the Montgomery Convention by seven states. Some of the states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, ETC. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is really important because it is famous for being the site of the first shots of the civil war. -
Antietam
Battle of Antietam is also known as Battle of Sharpsburg in the civil war. A decisive engagement that halted the confederate invasion of Maryland. -
Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a decisive Union Victory during the Civil war that divided the confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union general Ulysses S. Grant. -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the Civil war. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his army of North Virginia into Pennsylvania in late Juan 1863 -
Appomattox Courthouse
The battle of Appomattox Courthouse was fought near the town of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, and led to confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his army of northern Virginia to union general Ulysses s. grant