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Civil War Timeline

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    Civil War Timeline

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

  • Andrew Jackson elected President of the United States

    Andrew Jackson elected President of the United States

  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837
    financial crisis in the United States in 1837

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    North Gets
    California admitted as a free state
    Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

    Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico South Gets
    No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories
    Texas gets $10 million
    Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.
    Fugitive Slave Law

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
    By Jossiah Priest

  • Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision

    Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
    A Slave ran to a free state and was caught. The decision when all the way to the supreme count to find out if the slave was free or not. The slave turned out to have to go to his owner.

  • Oregon admitted as State

    Oregon admitted as State

  • Abraham Lincoln elected

    Abraham Lincoln elected

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    Confederate victory

  • Virginia Secedes

    Virginia Secedes

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Union victory

  • Appomattox court house surrender

    Appomattox court house surrender
    Confederates Surrender.