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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the end of the deadlock between Northern and Southern reps. in Congress. They agreed that Missouri would be accepted as a slave state and Maine as a free state and that slavery would be illegal in all of the Louisanna Territory above the parralel 36*30* North. -
Compromise of 1850
- Slavery is allowed in all U.S. territories and states formed from land in territories can become slave states if they desire -Slave trade in Washington, D.C is ended -The Fugitive Slave law is enforced more harshly and effecively
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Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decison was a Supreme Court case in which Dred Scott tried to sue his owner for keeping him as a slave while living in a free state. When the case got to the Supreme Court they refused to acknowledge Scott's claim because they didn't consider slaves as citizens of the U.S.. This outraged Northern citizens and made them worry that the South was taking over the goverment and influencing it more then they should be. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a group of 21 men to the national armory in Harpers Ferry, Virgina in an attempt to seize the weapons stored there. John Brown wished to distribute the weapons to slaves across the South and to begin a slave rebellion. However Brown and his men were killed while trying to seize the armory. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was two different races for the presidency, One in the North and one in the South. Lincoln and Douglas were the only candidates with much support in the North. Breckinridge and Bel competed for Southern votes. Lincolen and Douglas had the most extreme views on slavery. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories and Southerners didn't trust Lincoln because they thought he would abolish slavery in the South. -
Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter was the first engagement of the Civil War. Confederate messengers sent word to the commander of the Union fort to surrender it to the Confederacy, but the Union commander refused. Shortly afterwards Confederate troops fired upon the fort starting the American Civil War -
Battle of Bull Run (1st)
The Battle of Bull Run(1st) took place on July 21, 1861 near Manassas Junction, Virginia. General McDowell headed the North and General Beauregard South. This battle was known as the first battle of the civil war. The victory went to the south which gave the south more confidence and shocked the north. Many northern realized war would not be as easy as they had thought. -
The Draft
The draft is the forced admission into a branch of the arme services. During the American Civil War it was first administered in the Confederacy because there popultaion wasn't as big as the Unions and they needed more soldiers so they required men ages 18-35 join the Confederate Army for a three year term. The Union soon followed suit and created there own draft law to help fill quotas when there weren't enough volunteers. However the Union's age limit was 20-45. -
Battle of Antietam
Antietam was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717 -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is the decleration made by President Lincol declaring all slaves in the 10 rebelling states be free of slavery. -
Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was the last major battle in the Vicksburg Campaign and was a major turning point in the Civil War. Soldiersled by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant besieged the Confederate at Vicksburg, Mississippi for 40 days until Gen. Pemberton finally surrendered the fort and the Union took complete control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is when northern troops led by General Meade fought southern troops led by General Robert E. Lee. This battle was a major turning point in te war and stopped the southern invasion of the north. It was also the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil. -
Fort Wagner
The battle at Fort Wagner was the first battle in the Civil War in which a regiment made up of only African Americans fought for the Union army. While many died it showed the bravery of African American soldiers and inspred more to volunteer for the Union army greatly increasing there numerical advantage of the Confederacy. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by President Lincoln honoring those who died during the Battle of Gettysburg. In just over two minutes Lincoln reminded the American people why they were fighting this war and inspired them to redouble their war efforts. This address is considered to be one of the greatest speeches in American history. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
After abandoning the Confederate capital of Richmond Robert E. Lee and is Army of Northern Virgina left to meet with the rest of the Confedereate army in North Carolina however they were cut off at the Appomattox Courthouse. Lee thinking the Union forces were made completely of calvary sent his troops forward to break through there lines however he soon realized they were backed up by Union infantry. He then surrendered his army and the rest of the south soon surrendered too. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford Theatre while he and his wife were watching the play "Our American Cousin" . As the play came to an end well know actor John Wilkes Booth snuck up to the President's balcony and shot him in the head with a small caliber pistol. Booth fled immeadiately and was killed a few days later after he had hurt his leg and couldn't flee his pursuers any longer. -
Lincoln's Death
After being shot in the head at Ford Theatre Lincoln was carried to a nearby house so that his lved ones could mourn his death in peace. Doctors at the theatre at the time of Lincoln's assassination declared that his wound was mortal and that he would not recover. After spending the night in the house near the theatere President Abraham Lincoln died. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution says that slavery is to be abolished in the U.S. and all U.S. territories as is involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment was one of the three Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendement was the last of the 3 Reconstruction Amendments. It prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Or in simpler terms it prevents anyone from denying African Americans citizenship because they ar African Americans, black, or used to be slaves.
