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The Missouri Compromise
an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. -
The Compromise of 1850
consists of five laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery. Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Dred Scott decision incensed abolitionists and heightened North-South tensions, which would erupt in war just three years later. Scott argued that his time spent in these locations entitled him to emancipation. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, a staunch supporter of slavery, disagreed -
Abraham Lincoln Was Elected President
Lincoln agreed with the majority of the Republican Party that the South was becoming too powerful and made it part of their platform that slavery would not be extended to any new territories or states added to the union. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army. this started it all -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas -
Lincoln Inauguration
In his Inaugural Address he gives a stark warning to the South: he will not tolerate secession. Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed,and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily in areas of hostility. -
The Battle of Antietam
the bloodiest day in United States history. Though officially a draw, the battle stops General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Maryland and he retreats back to Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle began when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. the Confederates wereunable to hold their positions and were forced back,resulting in a Union victory. -
Gettysburg
One of the bloodiest battles of the war, Gettysburg is a turning point, and marks the farthest advance of the Confederate Army into Northern territory. -
emancipation proclamation
Emancipation changed the stakes of the Civil War, ensuring that a Union victory would mean large-scale social revolution in the South.Lincoln proposed that some blacks including free blacks and those who had enlisted in the military deserved the right to vote. -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the United States. The amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Days earlier, Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and the city of Petersburg -
14th amendment
The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. -
15th amendment
granted African American men the right to vote.
