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the gold rush of 1849
california was filling up because of the amount of gold in the state, if they became a state it would not be a slave state , upsetting the balance slave and free states -
the compromise of 1850
created and unstable relationship between the north and the south -
carolina succeeds
carolina succeeds from union -
more states succeed
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas -
Confederate States of America Established
founded as an independant republic. Guaranteed slavery in every state, banned tariffs, limited presidency to one 6 year term -
Fort Sumter
Troops were low on supplies at Fort Sumter. Davis orders fort to surrender. Confederates open fire and capture the fort. -
battle of bull run
while people were having a picnic they got to watch as a bloody battle happened between the north and south. over 2000 northerners were killed and over 1000 southerners were killed -
battle of shiloh
confederates launch suprise attack on grant, more soldiers died on that die then the entire revolution, the war of 1812, and the mexican-american war combined -
battle of antietam
lee pushes into northern territory, fights union general george mcclellan
lee kills/wounds 22,000 men in one day
lee retreats
extremely crucial victory for north -
emancipation proclemation
a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after january 1st 1863 -
shermans march
William Tecumseh Sherman goes on march and burns everything from Tenesee through Atlanta -
freedmans bureau established
the freedsman bureau is established , feeding and clothing refgees -
13th amendment
slavery is banned forever in the usa -
Lee Surrenders
lee Surrenders to Grant, ends war -
ford's theater
lincoln gets kill in booth -
military reconstruction act
divided former confederate into 5 military districts.
strict requirements to be readmitted to the union, you had to allow blacks to vote and ratify the 14th amendment. -
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S.G is elected president of the US -
15th Amendment
The right to vote "shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude." -
Panic of 1873
banks go bankrupt, sets of a full depression -
compromise of 1877
basically destroyed reconstruction
