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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular power. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown initiated a slave revolt in the southern states. taking over the United States arsenal. -
Election of 1860
a popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery -
Confederate States of America is formed
A republic formed in February, 1861, and composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states' rights. -
fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots. -
Civil War Begins
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of the American Civil War, fought in Virginia near Washington, D.C. The surprising victory of the Confederate army humiliated the North. -
Jefferson Davis elected
president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. -
Emancipation Proclamation
the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, that freed the people held as slaves. -
Gettysburg Battle
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the object of destroying Confederate supplies. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
A village in Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. -
13th amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
14th amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. -
15th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
