history

  • california gold rush

    california gold rush

    this upset the balance in congress
  • the compromise

    the compromise

    the rise of bitterness in the south
  • Criterion's compromise

    Criterion's compromise

    guaranteed slavery
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina

    voted to leave the union
  • Finding the Confederacy

    Finding the Confederacy

    guaranteed slavery in every state
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    civil war
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    Confederates launch attack on grant
    23,000 dead in two days
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    Lee pushes into northern territory, fights union
    lee kills/sounds 22,000 men in one day
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg

    Union fights to control the Mississippi rivers
    Last major confederate base
    Plan to cut off food/supplies
  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    President Abraham Lincoln Gave a speech after the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery.
  • Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    William Tecumseh Sherman scorches his way to Atlanta
    Burns everything:railroads, warehouses, mills, Factories Farms
  • Freedom's  Bureau

    Freedom's Bureau

    Feeding an clothing war refugees-30,000 meals a day
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    abolish of slavery
  • Appomattox court house

    Appomattox court house

    the court house
  • Ford's Theater

    Ford's Theater

    Lincoln was assassinated.
  • Military Reconstruction Act

    Military Reconstruction Act

  • coomand of the army act

    coomand of the army act

  • Tenure of Office Act

    Tenure of Office Act

    Restricts the President of the united states
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Voting rights