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The Compromise of 1850
The comprimise of 1850 was five laws that were passed that involved slavery. It caused the fugitive slave act to be amended. It also caused slavery to be abolished in Wahington D.C. It cause California to enter the Union and for a territorial government to be put in place in Utah and New Mexico. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise. It allowed slavery in the new land north of 36 30' latitude. It was introduced by Stephen Douglas. It caused a raise in the violence between the north and the south. -
Bleeding Kansas
After the Kansas Nebraska Act proslave and antislave people rushed to kansas hoping to effect the standing of the state. The fighting started and the dealth toll rose. The antislave people were lead by John Brown. The proslaves created a constitutiuon but it was no exepted by Congress. Soon their was more antislavery suporters and the state would become part of the Union. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave who was trying to sue for his freedom. Mr.Scott claimed that because he lived on free soil for so long that he was justly due his freedom. The court said no. They stated that "No slave or descendent of a slave could be a U.S citizen". They also declared the Missiouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. This event divided the north and south even more. Which pushed America closer to a Civil War. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas were both running for a seat in the senate. During this time seven debates took place between lincoln and Douglas in Illinois. Douglas was quiet well known at the time he had helped cause the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act which caused violence to brake out in Kansas. Lincoln was not known at the time ans lost the race for senate. -
Harpers Ferry
In 1859 John Brown was on the run after killing five proslave supporters. He had plans to make a colony for runaway slaves. He got rich supporters to fund his cause. The only thid that he needed was weapons. So on october 16 he took over the U.S Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. -
Lincoln's Election
Lincold did not want slavort in the new land in the south oast the 36 30' latitdude. The south saw his electron as the government growing to popular. So the south wwnt to war. But Lincoln didn't want to split tha nation up so be prepared a Union army. -
Fort Sumter
From April 12-14 the Union fort of Fort Sumter was under attack. The conferacy struck first. The Union army then had the okay to fight. So the Union army officially joined the Civil War. -
Bull Run
The battle at Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War. This battle weakened the Union Army. Which caused them to fall back to Wahington to seek safty. Allowing the conferates to gain land. -
Antietam
The battle at Antietam was the most blood shed on any single day in U.S. miltary history. It lasted from september 16-18 and caused the confederates to retreat. This defeate allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln and stated that all slaves are free. Mostly adressed slaves that were runaways making them free and not subject to be returned. He provided these free slaves with government support and allowed them to jion the U.S. army. -
Gettysburg and the Gettysurg Adress
On July 3rd Lee had suffored heavy losses. His second invation on the north had failed. On november 19 Lincoln gave his famous speech, the Gettysburg Adress. His speech gave a ne defintion to the war. It was now about freedom for all and a hope for a new time for America. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The conferates advance but lack support. The Union army surrounds the confederates and they have no choice but to surrender. This marks the end of the Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 15th John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the head and stabbed Henery Rathbone's arm at Ford's theater. Lincoln died the next day. His dealth caused his Reconstruction Plan to go much slower than planed. His plan was to pardon the southerners, besides the officers and officals. He wanted to reunite the nation quickly. His dealth also caused more hate to brew between the south and the north. -
Andersonville Prison
Due to lack of proper food and sanitary conditions thousands of men died at this prisoner of war camp. In May the Andersonville prison was closed in all 13,000 Union soldiers died. Even though thousands of men on both the Union and Conferate men died to to horrible conditions in these prisoner of war camp some northerners wanted revenge for the Andersonville Prison.
