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Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth President of the United States. He led the Union to victory in the Civil War and ended the slavery. He's most famous for the Emancipation Proclamation. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise created an imbalance between the number of pro/anti-slavery states until the admission of Maine as an anti-slavery state. After becoming a pro-slavery state, it allowed for an imaginary line to be drawn dividing the former Louisiana Territory into pro and anti-slavery divisions. This ended after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. -
Fugitive Slave Law
It said that slaves who crossed from one state to another had to be returned. This was part of the Compromise of 1850. -
Compromise of 1850
A package of 5 separate bills. It was passed by the U.S Congress to smooth things over with the slave and free states regarding the lands required from the Mexican-American War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Passed by Congress, it said that that the people of Nebraska and Kansas could decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery or not. -
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
U.S Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories underestimating the Republican Party. -
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. -
Election of 1860
During the 1850s, the slavery problem was getting out of hand. James Buchanan attempted to get a supreme court judge to vote proslavery, this backfired, allowing Abraham Lincoln to win with no support from the South. -
Emancipation Proclamation
When the Civil War broke out, Lincoln was more concerned about keeping the Union united, he knew that nobody would support the abolition. But as the slaves started to flee to the Northern armies, he saw that it would be a good military strategy. On September 22, 1862, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it declared that on January 1, 1863 all slaves would be free forever. Even though the proclamation didn’t free any slave, it was still an important turning point for the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
On July 1st, the Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. On the 2nd, the fighting was heavier, the Confederates attacked the Federals on both left and right. On July 3rd, The Confederates attacked the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge, it managed to pierce the Union lines but eventually failed and were forced to withdraw toward Virginia on July 4.
