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Southern States Seceding from the Union
Southern states started seceding from the Union on December, 20 1860. The North and the South couldn’t agree on the topic of slavery and over all the South was just done with the North. The first state to secede from the Union was the state of South Carolina. The seceding of the southern states ultimately led to the Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1st, 1863. The proclamation declared, “that all person held as slaves are, and hence forward shall be free.” This Proclamation gives slaves a look at a normal life. However, many whites in the Southern states didn’t listen and still gave the free African Americans a terrible time. Lots still kept slaves or would abuse free blacks they would see. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was a speech that President Lincoln gave during the Civil War. In this speech, Lincoln talked about principals of human equality and about the preservation of the Union. This speech was to also talk about the lives lost at the Battle of Gettysburg, liberty, equality, and democracy, and birth and rebirth. -
Election of 1864
The election of 1864 happened during the dead middle of war. The Republican Party spot was held by Abraham Lincoln while the Democratic Party spot was held by George B. McClellan. Only states that hadn’t seceded from the Union were allowed to vote. Lincoln had an amazing win with 212 electoral votes compared to the 21 votes McClellan had. -
March to the Sea
March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War that was led by General William Tecumseh Sherman. He led his men through Georgia from November 15th until December 21, 1864. This march was meant to frighten Georgia’s civilians into abandoning the Confederate cause. During their march, they destroyed everything in their paths including buildings, cities, and people. -
The Black Codes
The Black Codes were laws that constricted African Americans. After the Civil War, they were passed to restrict the freedoms of African Americans. Under black codes, many states required blacks to sign yearly labor contracts, and if refused they could have been arrested, fined, and forced into unpaid labor. -
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
On April 15th, 1865, Lincoln visited the Ford’s Theatre in Washington to see a screening of the new play out called, “Our American Cousin.” John Wilkes Booth was one of the cast members of the days play but murdered Lincoln before the play could be finished. He snuck behind Lincoln and shot him in the back of the head because he was a stronger supporter of slavery and believed Lincoln was going to overthrow the Constitution and destroy the South. In the end he was caught and killed.
