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Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was an attempt to stop the fighting between the north and the south about slavery. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was for the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to allow slavery in their states based on popular sovereignty. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was considered a small civil war. It was between proslavery and antislavery people for control of Kansas. -
The Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a supreme court case where a man by the name of Dred Scott fought for his freedom because he believed he should be a free man. The Dred Scott Decision decided that slaves are not citizens. -
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Lincoln- Douglas Debate
Lincoln- Douglas Debate was debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. At the time both were campaigning Illinois Senate. Most of the debating was about slavery, and where it should be expanding. -
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Harper's Ferry
Harper's Ferry was when John Brown (anti-slavery) started an armed slave revolt by taking over a U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Lincoln's Election
On November Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States, his opponents Douglas (D) , Breckinridge (D), and Bell (CU). Lincoln was the first Republican president. -
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Fort Sumter
Took place in Charleston, Virginia. Confederates opened fire on the north. One of the first battles in the American Civil War. -
Bull Run
Bull Run was the first battle of the American Civil War. Took place by Washington, D.C. The Confederates defeated the North and forced it to prepare for a long war. -
Antietam
The battle of Antietam fought off the confederates from advancing to Maryland. This was a significant event because it stopped the confederates from gaining important land and military supplies. -
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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation said "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln on September 22nd, 1862. The first thing stated was that if the Southern states did not retreat their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, then Proclamation would go into effect. The Confederacy did not stop and, Lincoln had to issue the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863. -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address was a speech Abraham Lincoln gave at Soldier's National Cemetery. This speech really changed the view of the Americans, it made us united in way. The Soldier's National Cemetery is a cemetery for the Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg's. This affected the Civil War because a lot of people died from both sides and people. This was the last time the south invaded the north. -
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Andersonville Prison
The Andersonville Prison was a war prison that some confederates were held in if captured. -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was after the Civil War in where the states that were apart of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States. While in Reconstruction, the South was divided into military districts. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Lee was heading towards the Appomattox river to get food supplies thats at south side railroad. They were captured by Union Cavalry and they burnt their supply trains. Lee and Grant meet at the Appomatox court house. They signed the Army of northern virgina, where lee surrendered. -
Assassination of Lincoln
The Assassination of Lincoln was a huge event. It took place right as the American Civil War ended. The north won and a lot of people were upset. A man by the name of John Wilkes killed Lincoln while attending a play in Washington DC.
