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The Compromise Of 1850
The thing that led to the the Compromise of 1850 was that it led to a historic debate between pro-slavery and anti-slavery legislatures.Henry Clay then introduced a compromise plan that would preserve the balance of power. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
In MAy 1854 the Kansas Nebraska Act outraged the northerners.It also weakened the Democrats and destroyed the Whig Party -
The Election Of 1856
In the election of 1856 the eventually nominated James Buchanan which was a former senator and diplomat.Then the American Party also known as the Know Nothings nominated the former President Millard Fillmore -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
In 1854 Douglas was successful when he wrote the Kansas Nebraska Act,then Lincoln was elected into congress and then he served a two year term in the House Reprasentatives .Then in Lincoln''s -
Election of 1860
The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention nominated a ticket led by former Senator John Bell of Tennessee. Despite minimal support in the South, Lincoln won a plurality of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote.The election was the first of six consecutive victories for the Republican Party. -
Forming a Confederacy
By February 1861, seven Southern states had seceded. On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War -
The Battle Of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory. -
War In The West
The war in 1862. The year 1862 marked a major turning point in the war, especially the war in the East, as Lee took command of the Confederate army, which he promptly renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. -
War In The East
In spring 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac took the offensive on the Virginia Peninsula, where its ultimate target was Richmond, the Confederate capital. Northern morale was high. -
Battle Of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/, 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 General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Antietam Creek.It was the first field army–level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13 Amendmant 1864
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. -
Lincoln Is Assassinated
Abarham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre by a man named John Wicks Booth.John was a actor at the Ford Theatre then Booth went to Lincoln's presidential box and he shot Lincoln in the back of his head. -
The War Ends 1865
This ultimately led to the surrender of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.The last Confederate surrender occurred on November 6, 1865, when the Confederate warship CSS Shenandoah surrendered at Liverpool, England. President Johnson formally declared the end of the war on August 20, 1866. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 , was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. This legislation was passed by Congress in 1865 and vetoed by U.S. President Andrew Johnson. -
14 Amendment 1870
It was the 14th Amendment, made in 1870, which finally gave African Americans the right to vote. It states that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
ShareCropping 1870's
Sharecropping is a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year. -
Tenant Farming
Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management, while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management. -
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Liberal Republics
Liberal is a period of the History of Chile. It characterized by the rise of the liberal people, after the division of the conservative party. They promulgate the main constitutional reforms that limit the power of the president and give more power to the Congress.
