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Compromise of 1850
California admitted as a free state. New Mexico and Utah could decide whether they are a free or slave state. No slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Act
required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves -
"Bleeding Kansas": Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854
Popular sovereignty. Voter to decide if slave state or free state. -
Lee Surrenders
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House. -
Election of 1856
James Buchanan (democrat) defeats John C. Fremont (newly formed Republican Party). -
Dred Scott decision of 1857
Chief Justice Roger Taney stated that slaves were property and therefore could not sue. -
Harper's Ferry raid
John Brown leads failed raid with his family. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln wins without winning any electoral votes from the south. (gets 39% popular vote) -
South outraged
South Carolina leaves the Union. -
More states leave
Six other states leave the Union, forming the Confederate States of America. -
War begins
P.G.T. Beauregard (CSA) open fire on Fort Sumter). -
First Bull Run (Virginia)
Union winning until Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Virginian's made a stand. -
Battle of Shiloh
More than 23,000 casualties. Union victory. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee invades the North. CSA orders found wrapped around some cigars. 12,000 killed in the first 3 hours. Neither side one, draw. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Burnside attacked Lee. Union loses 13,000 while CSA only loses 5,000. -
Emancipation Procalamtion
Freed all enslaved people in rebellious states -
The Draft begins in the North
CSA begins draft in April of 1862 and the Union begins draft in March of 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsvile
Joeltooker vs Lee. General Lee's greatest victory, but also his greatest loss because he lost Jackson. Jackson was shot in the arm and died from his injuries. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Nearly 50,000 soldiers died in the three day war. Union victory. -
Vicksburg Falls
This cuts the South in half. -
Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that stated why they fight. It also was dedicated to the men. -
Election of 1864
Lincoln defeats McClellan (Copperhead), ending any hope of negotiated peace for South -
Sherman's march to the Sea
Total War from Atlanta to Savannah. This was the first time that civilian populations were targets. -
Lincoln's death
Lincoln and his wife went to a play. John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the head and Lincoln later died from his injuries. -
13th Amendment Passed
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in every state. -
Military Reconstruction Act
Split South into five military zones that were run by the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. -
Tenure Act
It was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States of America to remove certain office-holders without the Senate's approval. -
14th Amendment passed
All persons born in the United States were citizens. Also prevents former CSA from holding political office. -
1868 election
Grant becomes President. -
Compromise of 1877
Samuel Tilden vs Rutherford B Hayes
Disputed results in Louisiana, Florida, and South Caroling (for Rutherford B Hayes)
South agrees to Hayes win if North pulls out last of Federal troops from South. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment stated that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on the color, race, or previous servitude. -
First African Americans in the Political Offices
Joseph Rainey was the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in Congress.
