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Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay's bill was passed and stated that the state of California and North East states would be considered a free state, while all of the other states in the US would be slave states. -
Bleeding Kansas
A small civil war between the anti-slavery and pro-slavery advocates for control of the new Kansas territory -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854 and allowed states to determine whether or not they would allow slavery within their borders. -
The Dred Scott Decision
The right of slave owners to take their slaves into western territory. -
The Lincoln- Douglas Debates
A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Even though Lincoln lost the election, these debates launched him into the national prominence, and led him into becoming president. -
Lincoln's Election
In 1860, Lincoln won over the election, but later on, Lincoln soon faced Douglas again. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is best remembered for the Battle of Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the civil war were fired. Once the Confederate States of America took control of Charleston Harbor, they soon aimed costal guns on the fort, and fired. After the battle, 4 more states seceeded, and their was more support for military action. -
Bull Run
In Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C., was the very first battle of the Civil War. -
Battle of Harpers Ferry
An invasion of the North from Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Jackson had won the battle at minor expenses. -
Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign. Also, it was the bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
Union leaders defeated General Lee. A turning point battle during the Civil War. The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the November 19, 1863, dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery, a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. -
Andersonville Prison
Also known as Camp Sumter, was the largest of several military prisons established during the Civil War. It was built after Confederate leaders decided to move the many Union prisoners in Richmond, Virginia, to a location away from the war. -
Reconstruction
The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 may have given some 4 million slaves their freedom, but the process of rebuilding the South during the Reconstruction period introduced a new set of significant challenges. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The battle of the Appomattox Court house was one of the last battles of the Civil War. Lee and Grant, both of whom held the highest rank in their respective armies, had known each other slightly during the Mexican War and exchanged personal inquiries -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth and was shot in Ford's theater. The assassination of Lincoln was planned and carried out by John Wilkes Booth, as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause.
