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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 proposed that California would be admitted as a free state and for slavery to be left open in the other territories won in the Mexican American War. The Fugitive Slave Act was also a part of the Compromise, and it strengthened the enforcing of greater penalties on runaway slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and created "Bleeding Kansas". It ended the ban on slavery in the North. -
Formation of the Republican Party
Antislavery leaders founded a new party in 1854, the Republican party, dedicated to fighting the expansion of slavery. The Republican party was made of former Whigs, Free-Soilers, Democrats, and Know-Nothings. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became a battleground for slavery conflict. Settlers quickly rushed to Kansas trying to make it a slave or free state. Bleeding Kansas was a series of conflicts between Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery supporters. Southerners and other pro-slavery supporters used illegal tactics in order to rig the votes for Kansas to become a slave state. Violence erupted between the two groups, causing lots of bloodshed and murder. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott's master took him to free land up North, and he argued that he should be free, since the North was an area of no slavery. They accepted his case, surprisingly, and told him that he would still be a slave because slaves were considered property. -
The Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was made up of Lincoln, a Republican, Douglas, a Democrat, Breckenridge, a southern Democrat, and Bell, a constitutional unionist. -
The Nomination of Lincoln
Lincoln won the election of 1860. Lincoln was a Republican and had 180 votes, which is 95.4 percent of the electoral votes. For the popular votes, he had 1,886,452 of the votes, which is 39.8 percent. His first task was to reunite the nation and stop new areas from being slave states. -
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Southern States Secede
The states believed that Lincoln would abolish slavery so they began to secede. South Carolina seceded first, and North Carolina was the last state to secede. -
The Crittenden Plan
The Crittenden Plan was made as a compromise so more states couldn't leave and become independent. It kept the federal government from being able to take out slavery in the US. -
The Battle of the Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was an early Confederate victory and the first major land battle of the civil war. The Union attacked the Confederates, since Lincoln thought attacking them could mean a swift end for the war. While both sides suffered heavy casualties, the confederates pulled through and won. -
Women Join the War
Women begin to join the war. Dorothea Dicks and Clara Barton led a protest of volunteer nurses and demanded that women should be able to contribute to the war. More than 2000 women volunteered for nursing roles in the Civil war. -
Attack at Fort Sumter
A major spark for the civil war. Before provisions arrived, the confederate leaders told the troops to leave because they didn't have enough provisions and couldn't fight off the unionists. They had to surrender. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Union attacked the west and east parts of the Confederacy. The two-day Battle of Shiloh a very bloody battle. Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman brought troops on a riverboats up the Tennessee River, but General Albert Sidney Johnston figured out Grant’s plan and ambushed the Union general’s forces. However, more Union troops arrived the next day, causing the surrender of the Confederates. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg
The battle of Fredericksburg was a major defeat for the Union. The battle signified the low point in the war for the Union -
The Seven Days' Battles
The Union had the goal of capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. The battle ended in a standoff. It marked the first skirmish between ironclad warships -
The Battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam was a second battle of Bull Run. It exacted a high cost from both sides of the war. The Confederates won, even though the Union found the plans for the battle. -
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Prisoner of war camps
North and south captured each others soldiers. The conditions were poor and there was little food. Most people died from illness. -
The Creation of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
They lost the battle at Fort Wagner. 281 out of the 600 people died in the fight. The first African American in the war was in this regiment. -
Drafting in the North and South
They had to draft people because they were leaving to see their families and their farms. South had 18-35 age go to the war. The North had 20-45 age would be forced to fight in the war. -
Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Made by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation was made in 1863 and freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory during the American civil war. This started reconstruction. -
African American Soldiers Join the War
In 1863, African American soldiers were joining the fight to help fight for freedom. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Sometimes considered the most important battle of the civil war, this battle was won by the Union. -
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Reconstruction
Lincoln wanted to reunite and rebuild the nation after the war. Some people say he started reconstruction in 1863, when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, since he freed slaves. After his assassination, Vice President Andrew Jackson took this over. -
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Union won, and the Mississippi river was theirs. -
Sherman's march
Ulysses S. Grant put a plan in place to wear down the Confederacy with a series of widespread and relentless attacks. Grant burnt a lot of cities and crops from Georgia to Savannah, basically anything in their way. He wanted to destroy southern property, crops, and other supplies. -
Slavery is Abolished
Three months before the south surrendered, Congress passed the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery. They also pass the 14th and 15th amendment to establish more rights for black americans. -
Black Codes
Restrictive laws were put into place for black people made to limit freedoms of black Americans. -
The Appomattox
The Appomattox was the treaty that ended the civil war. It was a simple ceremony held in Virginia. The Union had finally won. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in a theatre. This devastated the nation and the newly freed black americans. -
Andrew Johnson Becomes President
After Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Jackson, his vice president, takes over. -
KKK is made
The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremist group that hated black people being free. -
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The Enforcement Acts are passed
The acts made it a crime to use violence or threats to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote, hold office, or serve on a jury. The acts authorized the federal government to supervise congressional elections and gave the president the power to enforce the acts. The intent of the acts was to stop Klan activities and protect African-American rights. -
The Compromise of 1877
Democrats and Republicans got together to negotiate. Democrats would give the victory to Hayes if Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction and pull federal troops out of the South. The deal was successful and Reconstruction was over.
