History

  • California gold rush

    California gold rush

    The California gold rush Upset the balance in congress. Now slaveholders would become minority in congress.
  • 1850 compromise

    1850 compromise

    It was a compromise the had five parts to it. 1. California was a free state 2.mexico land was slave states until voted on 3.slave auction is Washington dc was banned 4. taxes got 10mil. not allowed to advocate for slaves. 5. fugitive slave act
  • Criterion's compromise

    Criterion's compromise

    1.Guarantee slavery where it existed
    2. reinstate Missouri compromise
  • South caolina

    South caolina

    South Carolina vote to withdraw or secede form the union
    over the net 6 weeks-Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
  • founding the confederacy

    founding the confederacy

    confederate states of america founded as an independent republic
    1 guaranteed slavery in every state
    2 banned tariffs
    limited presidency to one six year term
  • fort sumter

    fort sumter

    civil war
  • Battle of shiloh

    Battle of shiloh

    Confederates launch surprise 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 1st,1863
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg

    Union fights to control the Mississippi rivers
    Last major confederate base
    Plan to cut off food/supplies
    siege for 3 Months
  • 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
  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau

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

    13 Amendment

    Bans slavery forever forever in the united states
  • Appomattox courthouse

    Appomattox courthouse

    Lee surrenders to grant, ending the war
  • Ford's Theater

    Ford's Theater

    Lincoln Dies
  • Military Reconstruction act

    Military Reconstruction act

  • Command of the Army Act

    Command of the Army Act

  • Tenure of Office Act

    Tenure of Office Act

    Restricts the President of the united states
  • 15 Amendment

    15 Amendment

    Voting rights