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Compromise of 1850
Series of resolutions introduced in order to promote a compromise. It proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law and that California be admitted as a free state -
Underground Railroad
Was an underground escape route or a network or "safe places" for fugitive slaves to stay and hide after escaping. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Was a law that allowed for the capture of runaway slaves within the United States and to return them -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act that left the states of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for slavery by popular sovereignty. Many conflicts broke out between the states because of this act. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave in a free state who went to court due to this. The U.S. Supreme Court ended up deciding that being a slave on free territory does not mean that he is free. This decision ended up being a huge slap in the face to abolitionists. -
The Raid at Harper's Ferry (John Brown)
John Brown led a small group on a raid against an armory in Harper's Ferry in order to try to set off an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
Was a Republican that opposed slavery expansion and felt that slavery was morally wrong -
Anaconda Plan (Windield Scott)
The North's 3-Part Plan to bring the southern states back to the Union -
Fort Sumter
Confederates fire the first shots at the Union to start the Civil War -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Confederate victory and Confederates seem too tough to be beat -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point in the Civil War. Lee's army is defeated and the Union gets confidence back. -
13th Amendmenr
Was created in order to officially abolish slavery. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Major Union victory. Lee surrenders and the confederates lose the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth shoots and kills President Abraham Lincoln -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was inaugurated after the assassination of President Lincoln. His
