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Compromise of 1850
They proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law, but California was to be admitted as a free state. -
Dred Scott decision
Scott wasn't consider a person under the U.S constitution, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law. "Slaves were private property, thus no decision needs to be made." -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln becomes President, because of this South Carolina is the first state to leave the union. -
Seperation
Six more states, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all leave the Union. Jefferson Davis becomes the president for the confederates. -
Start of Civil War
The south fires at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, start of the Civil War. -
Battle of Big Bethel
The Battle of Big Bethel is first land battle of the war, fought in Virginia. Robert E. Lee and the Confederates win this battle -
Stonewall
The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia, the Union Army drives back Confederate forces, but with the help of more troops under Thomas Jonathan Jackson they make the Union retreat. Jackson never left the front lines and earned the name "Stonewall" Jackson. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville, also known as Lee's greatest victory. Lee decided to to split the army with "Stonewall" Jackson and flank the Union Army instead of retreating. Although they won this battle, Jackson got shot and died from his injuries. -
New general
Ulysses S. Grant becomes new general for the Union, recommended by Abraham. -
Surrender
Lee signs the document of surrender at the Appomattox Court House. -
Death
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. -
Captured
Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia. -
Civil War ends
The official ending of the Civil War. -
Vice President
Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincolns assassination because he was the vice president -
15th Amendment
The right of all citizens of the United States can vote
