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Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay proposed an idea to establish a line running through the United States, States that were south of the line were allowed to own slaves, slaves were free north of the line -
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Prelude-Resolution of Civil war
This timespan describes the Major and Influential points of the civil war -
Bleeding Kansas
It was a series of Military Conflict between 1854 to 1861 which was between "Free Staters" (North) and "Border Ruffian" (South). It was a constant state of bloodshed In Kansas. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
An act passed by the U.S congress. This allowed people in the states of Kansas and Nebraska to decide within their own communities whether or not slavery should be allowed. This Replaced the Compromise of 1820 which served as a bandaid for the growing division between the north and south. -
The Dred Scott Decision
A supreme court case that was caused by the dispute whether a slave who was owned and living in a free state should be free. At the time the supreme court had 5 out of 9 congressmen who were pro slavery. At the end of the court case it was decided that "Slaves were not human" which contradicted the popular sovereignty and the Union's overall beliefs. This enraged the Union and helped fuel the fire that exploded into the civil war. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
A series of Debates between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas. These debates made Abraham appear as a abolitionist but he was actually a free soiler. These debates also went into the the critical and moral importance on whether or not to abolish slavery. -
Harper's Ferry
In October of 1859 The U.S Military base in Harpers ferry was attacked by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown. Although it was a failed attack it created more tension between the Union and Confederacy. -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln was a member of the recently created republican party. His victory both separated the North and South furthermore but it also ended the South's long political reign. -
Fort Sumter
Famously known for being the first fight of the Civil War. It was a fortified island run by the Union that was attacked by the recently seceded Confederacy. This conflict lasted 38 hours and was the start of the Civil War. -
Bull Run
First major land battle of the Civil War. It occurred in the Manassas Junction of Virginia, it was about 35,000 union troops that ambushed 20,000 Confederate troops. -
Antietam
First Battle of the Civil War to be fought on Northern territory. Although the confederacy won the battle the Union still checked and stalled the Confederacies advancement and helped push for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. It still remains to this day the bloodiest battle fought on U.S soil with over 22,000 casualties. -
Emancipation Proclomation
A document written by Abraham Lincoln that stated that all slaves in states that opposed the Union shall forever be then, thenceforward and forever free. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
In November of 1863 president Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most influential and important speeches in American History. It touched on Human rights, and Unity while reminding people why this country was formed and how we must preserve it. It was delivered at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
Andersonville Prison
Served as the South's largest military prison that was known for unhealthy conditions and high death rates. It was located in Andersonville, Georgia and was also known as Camp Sumter. Approximately 13,000 union soldiers perished there and following the war the prison commander was tried and convicted of war crimes. -
Surrender at Apottomax Court House
This was the final battle of the Civil War. Confederate general Robert E. Lee planned a rally and ambush on the Union but after a conflict in a small town in Virginia Robert E. Lee and his Confederate troops surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union. This was the end of the brutal 4 year war between a divided nation. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14th of 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. He was shot in the back of the head at a Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.
John Wilkes Booth was later killed and his accomplices were hanged for their crimes. -
Reconstruction
After the War nearly 4 million slaves gained freedom. Although they were granted freedom by the president those who still lived in the south were put under "Jim Crow Laws" which restricted them to the freedom of slaves. The North was enraged by this and soon the Radical Republicans took action and the President declared Presidential Reconstruction, ultimately this was a failed effort.
