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Important Events and Places
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Compromise of 1850
A series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South over new territory. The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
The 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. -
Bleeding Kansas
War between slavery and antislavery in Kansas territory. Led to a lot of bloodshed. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Allowed slave owners to take their slaves to western territories which negated the doctrine of popular sovereignty. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
First time U.S. Senate candidates spoke in debates about slavery. High turnout rate. -
Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown led a raid against federal armory in attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy belief of slavery. -
Lincoln is Elected President
Often thought of the first event in a series that turned into the civil war. One of the most significant aspects of Lincoln’s election is that he held all of the Free states and none of the slave states. -
Fort Sumter
Was the site of the first shots fired of the Civil War. -
Bull Run
The first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. -
Antietam
23,000 killed the most significant because the union victory resulted in creation of the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freedom of slavery would happen if the Union(the North) win. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
Short Speech by Lincoln at Soldier’s National Cemetery showed that less words could be even more impactful than a long drawn out speech. -
Reconstruction
The period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. -
Andersonville Prison
From February 1864 until the end of the Civil War in April 1865, Andersonville, Georgia, served as the site of a notorious Confederate military prison. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Robert E Lee surrendered army of North Virginia to Union leader Ulysses S Grant. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
First American President to be assassinated. Was killed by John Wilkes Booth.