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Underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada -
compromise of 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
bleeding kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Kansas Nebraska act
allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Decision
On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. -
Election of 1860
it was held Nov 6 1860 in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern -
Battle of bull run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16 1861 the untried Union army under Brig. gen Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
battle at Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. It was one of the largest battles in the Western Theater. Union troops, led by future president Ulysses S. Grant, were able to hold off an attack by the Confederates, although many criticized Grant's leadership on the first night of the war. -
seven Days' Battle
seven days battle was series of American Civil War battles in which a confederate army under General Robert E. Lee drove back General George B. McClellan's Union forces and thwarted the Northern -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States was a battle of the American Civil War fought on September 17 1862 between Confederate -
Battle at Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg Mississippi a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate controlled section of the Mississippi River -
south surrenders
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. ... But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
South surrenders
At Appomattox Virginia Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ending the American Civil War. -
reconstruction
the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War. -
lincolns assassination
lincolns assassination was by john wilkes booth in the fords theater
