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compromise of 1850
a set of laws passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between the south and north and giving something to both sides just like the fugitive slave law. -
dred scott case
dred scott who was fighting for freedom at this time, dred was a slave that was brought into a free state and fought for freedom but still lost his trial. -
john brown rain
john brown was a man who made a raid with his sons in harpers ferry who was against slavery and d was guilty of murder and then hung. -
fort sumter is fired upon
this standoff last over a week , it was lots of cannon fire in a harbor firing at ships causing them to return back into sea. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first big land battle of the American Civil War took place near Manassas in Prince William County in Virginia on July 21, 1861. This episode is called the First Battle of Bull Run and is also known as First Manassas -
Battle of Antietam
Over 23,000 men fell as casualties in the one-day Battle of Antietam, making it the bloodiest day in American history. -
the emancipation proclamation is issued.
this was issued by president Lincoln that meant that all persons held as slaves shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was fought from May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863 and led by the Union General Ulysses S. Grant against the Confederate Army led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton. This famous Civil War battle and siege was fought between 77,000 Union soldiers and 33,000 Confederate troops. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1863. In the aftermath of the battle, Rosecrans's army was besieged in Chattanooga. The town is overlooked by mountains, and by occupying Lookout Mountain to the west and Missionary Ridge to the east, Bragg had blocked almost all supply routes into the town. -
the 13th amendment
The 13th Amendment permanently abolished slavery in the United States. President Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in rebelling states. In 1864, Lincoln introduced the 13th Amendment in order to abolish slavery in all states -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The surrender at Appomattox Court House occurred in April 1865 when Confederate general Robert E. Lee submitted to Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, all but ending the American Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln's assassination
John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head with a .44 caliber Derringer on April 14 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. -
reconstruction act of 1867
was a series of statutes meant to help reconstruct the united states after the devastation of the civil war -
Andrew Johnson's impeachment
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson’s removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The House vote made President Johnson the first president to be impeached in U.S. history. -
election of 1876
The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote,
