Civil War Timeline activity

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Mar 20, 1852

This was a book that described the horrible acts of slavery. The North loved the book while the South thought it was terrible.

Bleeding Kansas

1855

Bleeding Kansas was an event when people used popular sovereignty to decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state. The result was a lot of violence hence the name Bleeding Kansas

Dred Scott Decision

Mar 6, 1857

This Decision made the Missouri comprise unconstitutional. This decision also confirmed that slaves were someone's property and not a citizen even though they could be in a free state.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Aug 21, 1858

This debate consist of Lincoln and Douglas. they argued about slavery; Douglass believed in leaving the vote on slavery to the people however Lincoln thought that slavery should not be spread into new territories and said we cant keep fighting about slavery and expect the Nation to still be together

Harper’s Ferry Raid

Oct 16, 1859

This raid was led by John brown because he wanted to start a slave revolt. This however, was a failure but the north thought he was a martyr

South Carolina (and others) secedes

Dec 20, 1860

This date marks South Carolina leaving the U.S with a few other states because they thought the north had too much power and they also didn't want the right to own slaves taken away from them.

Abraham becomes the 16th president

Mar 4, 1861

This is when Abraham became the president. This is important because he give his 1st inaugural Address which he gave his thought on secession in that it was unconstitutional and wrong

Attack on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

This was the 1st battle of the Civil war. Confederates started to seize forts. Robert Anderson surrendered the fort to the confederates and lost this battle. (the union lost)

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

This battle was a turning point in the civil war because the Union started pushing back against the confederates. This is the last time that the south will try to invade the north because the battles will now be only fought in the south

The Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

The Gettysburg Address was a speech that Lincoln gave stressing unity for all and explained that he wanted to get everyone to become one again

Civil War Ends

Apr 9, 1865

This is when the confederates surrendered to the Union thus ending the war

Abraham gets Shot

Apr 14, 1865

This is when Abraham gets shot outside of Ford's Theater by John Booth.