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The Compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state. New mexico and Utah could vote for or against slavery. No sale of slaves in Washington D.C. Texas would give up claim to New Mexican Territory. Fugitive Slave Act required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves (victory for South). -
Nebraska Act of 1854 (Bleeding Kansas)
Popular sovereignty was a way to decide whether slavery would be allowed in the Nebraska Territory. Abolitionists were furious over the "border ruffians"who voted illegally and won a majority for the proslavery candidates. Abolitionists organized a rival government in Topeka. Violence surfaced in the struggle for Kansas. -
Harpers Ferry Raid
John Brown leads failed raid -
Election of 1860
Democratic party splits over issue of slavery. Republicans nominate Lincoln. -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln wins without winning any electoral votes from South. He gets 39% popular vote. -
First Bull Run
Union winning until Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Virginian's made a stand. Many confederate soldiers, confident the war was over, left he army and went home. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Burnside attacked Lee. Union loses 13,000 men while CSA only loses 5000 men. -
Battle at Richmond
Union troops conquered Richmond. -
Battle of Gettysburg
"The Turning Point" Lee's army was looking for supplies. In three days nearly 50,000 killed for Union Victory. November 1863 was the Gettysburg Address- "why we fight, dedication to those men" -
Battle at Chansellorsville
Joe Hooker vs. Lee . It was Lee's greatest victory. Twelve mile surprise attack in the woods). Jackson was shot in left arm and dies from wound. This was Lee's most costly loss. -
Battle at Vicksburg
Cuts South in half. Union forces had control of the Mississippi River. Confederate forces in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas were isolated from the rest of the South -
Lincoln's Death
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. -
1868 Election
Grant beats Johnson.First Amendment passage- no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on color or race or previous servitude. -
14th Amendment
All persons born United States were citizens. also prevents former CSA from holding political office -
compromise of 1877
Samuel Tilden vs. Rutherford B. Hayes
