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The Compromise of 1850
Strengthen fugitive slave act but stopped further expansion of slavery. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a fictional book about a slave's life. That book made northerners realize what slavery was. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave traveling with his master and when they went into a free state he tried to sue his owner for freedom. This case was very important because it clarified that slaves were property and were not citizens so they could not sue. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown and his 2 sons were terrorist in the south and they tried to take over a armory. They thought that the slaves from surrounding plantations would help but no one came. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
Abraham did not win any votes in the South. After he was elected South Carolina was the first to leave the union. -
The First Battle of Fort Sumter
The Confederates bombed Fort Sumter which lasted 34 hours of firing. The Union soldiers surrendered at the end. -
Battle and Capture of New Orleans
It was a major trading depot and the south's largest city. This was really important because New Orleans is located at the base of the Mississippi river. -
The Battle of Antietam
First battle on northern soil and the most deadly. -
Emancipation Proclamation
An executive order Abraham Lincoln signed which was to free all of the slaves in the confederate states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle put Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee and this swung the war into the Unions favor. -
Lincolns re-election
He got re-elected for his 2nd term. -
Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee was surrounded and so he had no choice but to surrender. -
Abraham Lincoln Assasination
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre and went on one of America's biggest man hunt ever. -
KKK
A group called the KKK started and began recruiting old confederate soldiers and police officers and normal citizens in the south and they terrorized black people. -
Civil Rights Act
Granted emancipated black people the right to sue, the right to serve on juries, and several other legal rights.