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The Fugitive Slave Law Act
Allowed slaves to be captured and brought back to their owners as long as they were in United States territory. -
Publishing of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anti-slavery novel that gave the abolitionists a huge motivation to end slavery. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed the states of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not they would be slave states. Repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Court ruling that states that, whether slave or free, black people cannot become American citizens. -
John Brown's Revolt
A pro-abolition rebellion in Harper's Ferry, Virginia involving Brown and 18 other men, planning to give slaves firearms. Sparked controversy among the Northern and Southern states. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln won the election for the United States presidency. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
First battle in the mrican Civil War. It also started the war. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
First battle on an actual battlefield in the American Civil War. The most greusome battle in American history at the time. -
The Merrimack v. Monitor
Battle between nothern and southern battleships. The most important naval battle in the Civil War. -
Battle of Amtietam
Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Motivated Lincoln to give the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Claimed that slaves that were still rebelling against the Union "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Raised the Unions motivation towards human freedoms. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Divided the Confederate States and put them into a defensive position. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The most gruesome battle in all of the Civil War. Ended invasions of the Northern states by the Confederate forces. -
The CSS Hunley Successfully Sinks a Union Ship
Union ship, USS Housitonic was sunk by Confederate submarine, Hunley. Huge victory for the Confederate States in terms of naval warfare. -
Sherman's March
William Sherman had 60,000 union soldiers accompany him on a march from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia in an attempt to indimidate the civilians to not support the Confederacy any longer. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union at the Appomattox Courthouse. Ended the Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Surrender at Bennett Place
Largest surrender of the Confederate States. -
Passing of the 13th Amendment
Banned slavery except as punishment for a crime. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Ater being vetoed against twice by President Andrew Johnson, the Civil Rights Act becomes law. Gave all males in the United States the right to citizenship. -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
United States President, Andrew Johnson, was impeached. First impeachment of a United States President. -
Passing of the 14th Amendment
Gave those who were once slaves the right to citizenship in the United States. -
Electin of 1876
Rutherford Hayes won the election for the United States presidency.. One of the most controversial elections in United States History. -
Compromise of 1877
Compromise that made South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana democratic states once again.
