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The Compromise of 1850
In December of 1849, the 31st congress were talking about the border dispute, where Texas claimed the east half of the New Mexico territory where slavery was still a issue. As things stood, the south's session was going to happen. But Henry Clay came to save the day and proposed a compromise that the north and south could accept. The compromise was that Caifornia will be a free state and a more effective fugitive slave law, and the people of new Mexico and Utah to vote for or against slavery -
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The election of Abraham Lincoln
On Nov. 6 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president without any electoral votes from the south. Although he said he was going to stop the spread of slavery, but he wasn't going to mess with the south yet southerners still didn't like him. -
The South leaves The Union
After Lincolns victory in the election the south thought that slavery might be in trouble. South Carolina led the way by seceding in Dec. 20, 1860. Mississippi was next, then Florida, then Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. They formed the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as the president. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
After the South seceded, federal installations were being seized. the most important fort was Fort Sumter, on an island. Lincoln didn't send troops to protect the fort he just sent food to his hungry soldiers. The Confederates attacked the Fort Sumter. -
Bull Run
In one of the first conflicts of the civil war, near the creek "bull run" the union is winning in the beginning, but confederate General Stonewall Jackson held firm. In the end it was a confederate victory -
Robert E. Lee
After Johnston's defeat to McClellan, he had to be replaced after a fatal wound. his replacement will be Robert E. Lee -
McClellan loses at Antietam
Lee had his eyes on Washington and was crossing into Maryland. and the general faced to meet him happened to find his plans before the battle. Yet the battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in american history. 26,000 were killed. After all the fighting McClellan could've pursued the battered confederate army and ended the war but he did nothing. After that McClellan was removed from command -
Emancipation Proclamation
on Jan 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. A document that freed all the slaves in the confederacy. Lincoln had just made the war about slavery, stopping foreign help from reaching the confederacy. -
Chancellorsville
Said to be Lee's greatest victory, with a 12 mile sneak attack lee snuck up on the north and defeated them. But Jackson gets shot in the arm and dies from his wounds -
Gettysburg
51,000 die in this battle that is considered the turning point of the war. Its was lee's greatest loss. Abraham Lincoln held a very famous speech there that helped unify the nation -
Black Codes
Laws placed to restrict the freedoms of African Americans compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt -
Lee surrenders to Grant
At Appomattox Court House, after Richmond was conquered by the union, Lee and Grant met to arrange a confederate surrender. -
Lincoln's Assassination
At the Ford's Theatre, 5 days after Lee's surrender, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth -
Johnson's Presidency
Johnson's reconstruction plan was different than Lincoln's. Johnson pardoned 13,000 former confederate because he thought, "white men alone should manage the south." He also vetoed the enlargement of the freedmen's bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which would give African Americans citizenship and forbid state from passing discriminitory laws -
Ku Klux Klan
A group formed to prevent African Americans from using their Political Rights. About 20,00 men, women , and children were killed in their violence
