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Compromise of 1850
Drafted by Henry Clay
California admitted as a free state
More fugitive slave laws in the South
Popular sovereignty introduced in Utah and New Mexico -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stressed that slavery was not just a political contest, but also a great moral struggle. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
By Stephen Douglas
Would repeal the Missouri Compromise and establish popular sovereignty in both territories. -
Bleeding Kansas
Government was set up after an unfair vote and there were a lot of pro-slavery acts passed. Violence surfaced over what happened and the territory of Kansas was named Bleeding Kansas -
Election of 1856
Republicans choose John C. Fremont
Democrats choose James Buchanan
Buchanan wins -
Dred Scott
Ruled against by the Supreme Court, saying that Scott lacked legal standing to sue because he was not a citizen -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown leads a group of 21 black and white men into Harpers Ferry, Virginia to seize the federal arsenal there and start a general slave uprising. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln is elected and emerged as the winner without any votes from the South -
South Carolina Secesion
South Carolina seceds from the Union -
Confederacy
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas follow South Carolina, and form the Confederate States of America -
Fort Sumpter
Lincoln sends food to Fort Sumpter,but Southern troops fire at the Fort, starting the war. -
Bull Run
First bloodshed of the war. Confederates win, many leave the army and go home. -
Anteitam
Bloodiest single day in American history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln says that all slaves that are held withing certain states will be freed -
Gettysburg
Battle lasted over three days, North wins. enthusiastic about breaking Lee's "invincibility" -
Vicksburg
Grant wins against confederates -
Election of 1864
Lincoln wins with help from the north -
Reconstruction Begins
Reconstruction of the Americas begins -
Appomattox
Confederates surrender to Grant, ending the war -
Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Johnson Impeached
President Johnson gets impeached and Grant takes his place in office -
15th Ammendment
Former slaves can vote -
Reconstruction Ends
Reconstruction ends due to the support fading