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Nat Turner Slave Revolt
It was a slave rebellion that took place in Virginia. 55 to 65 people were killed -
William Loyd Garrison published the Liberator
It was an abolitionist paper that was used to fight slavery. It is one of Garrison's most prominent work. -
American Anti Slavery Society Begins
It was the first abolitionist party/group. Fredrick Douglas was a key Member. -
Sarah Grimke's "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women" published.
It was lettered published during the civil war addressing equality among genders. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
This was a book written by an abolitionist who was a former slave. He wrote to the other slaves in America, and talked about how the slaves couldn't rely on other people. -
Womens Rights Convention at seneca falls
First women's rights convention, and it was to discuss social, civil and religious conditions and rights for women. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Her master had died, and she saw it as an opportunity to not get separated again, so she escaped. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of resolutions proposed by Henry Clay. The compromise was intended to resolve conflict between the North and the South on slave vs free states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It was a part of the compromise of 1850, and it was in favor of the south. It stated that fugitive slaves were now able to be captured and returned. -
Sojourner Truth Delivered her "Ain't I a Woman" speech
It was a women's rights speech given at the women's convention in Ohio. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Published Uncle Tom's Cabin
It was a book that was based on an anti slavery argument. It was in response to the fugitive slave act, and talked about life as a fugitive. -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent civil confrontations between abolitionists and people who were pro slavery on whether Kansas should be a slave state or not. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was an act that proposed popular sovereignty in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Republican Party Founded
The whigs that were anti slavery broke off and formed a new party. -
Creation of Radical Republicans
The radical republicans believed in absolute abolition of slavery and secession of states. -
Lecompton Constitution
It was a constitution written by people who were pro slavery, and it enabled slavery, prohibited freedmen from coming to Kansas, and only gave white men the right to vote. -
Panic of 1857
This was a financial crises that started in Europe, and made its way to the United States. It was a time where banks were failing and credit was falling. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates were against the two parties, and they primarily talked about the issue of slavery in the Unites States. These were during the time that they were running for president. -
Dred Scott decision
It was a famous case on Dred Scott, and slave, who was suing for his freedom and his wife and daughter. The case was unsuccessful for Scott, and it ended up declaring the the Missouri compromise unconstitutional. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
It was an attempt of John Brown to lead a armed slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, they ended up loosing. -
Democratic Party Splits into Northern and Southern Halves
The Democratic party was beginning to become really divided, so there were 2 democratic presidential candidates. -
South Carolina secedes from the union
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. They seceded because Abraham Lincoln became president. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected president
Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He beat democrat Douglas, and was the first republican president. -
Confederate States of America Formed
The confederacy was formed because the south was salty about the election of Abraham Lincoln, and they were desperate for slavery. -
Firing on Fort Sumter
It was the battle that ignited the civil war, and it ended up being a confederate victory. The battle was held at Fort Sumter. -
Battle of Antietam
It was the battle that Abraham Lincoln desired before he delivered the emancipation proclamation. This battle was a major union victory. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was one of the most important battles of the civil war, as it had the greatest number of casualties, and it was the turning point of the war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was the speech that Abraham made during the civil war, that took big step forward towards abolition. He waited until the union victory of Antietam to deliver it. -
Gettysburg Address
It was the speech that Lincoln gave after the battle of Gettysburg. He dedicated it to the soldiers who lost their lives. -
General U.S. Grant assumed command of Union troops
This was during the late civil war, when Lincoln made the head of the Army. He proved himself with being responsible for the Union victory. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
This was a military strategy by general Sherman to march from Savannah to Atlanta in order to frighten the Atlanta citizens to leaving the confederacy. -
Abraham Reelected
Even though a lot of people thought Lincoln would've lost on his second election, Abraham Lincoln still one because the Democratic party was divided. -
Lincoln Assassination
It was the murder of the 16th president in ford's theater, by confederate John Wilkes Booth -
Congress Passed the 13th amendment
It was the amendment that ended slavery in the United States. -
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House
This was the end of the civil war, where General Lee had surrendered his weakened army to Grant. -
Andrew Johnson Became president
Johnson became president because he was vice president at the time of Lincoln's assassination. He served as the nations 17th president. -
Johnson announced plans for presidential reconstruction
This was a plan that Johnson created to give the south a chance to transition to a new system without slaves. -
Arrival of Scalawags and Carpetbaggers in the south
The Carpetbaggers were said to be northerners who moved to the south in order to seek financial opportunity, and scalawags were the southerners who cooperated with the freedmen. -
Ku Klux Klan formed
It was an american hate group, that actively expressed their hate towards abolition and minorities, especially blacks people. -
Freedman's Bureau Established
It was an organization that provided practical aid for former slaves in america. -
Civil Rights act passed over Johnson's Veto
Johnson had Vetoed civil rights acts because he did not want to be in favor of the colored people. Congress did not agree with his reasoning, so actions were taken to override this veto. -
First congressional reconstruction Act Passed
These were basically the terms for the south re entering the union. -
14th amendment ratified
This amendment gave citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US, including former slaves. -
Andrew Johnson Impeached
The house of representatives decided on voting on Johnson's impeachment due to his crimes and misdemeanors. It was 127 to 47, in favor of his impeachment. -
U.S. Grant elected president
The former Union General was elected 18th president of the United States. He wanted to continue reconstruction, and continue to work on civil rights. -
15th Amendment ratified
This amendment made it so that African Americans could vote. -
Slaughterhouse Cases (Supreme Court)
They basically went through the reconstruction constitution on state rights vs federal rights, and the shift of their powers. -
Period of "redemption" after the Civil war
These were white southerners that wanted to regain power in the south, and overthrow the radical republicans. -
U.S. v. Cruikshank
This was a case that deprived the former slaves of their newly gained freedoms. -
Compromise of 1877
It was a compromise during the election that gave 20 unresolved votes to Hayes, but resulted in union troops having to be pulled out of the south. This ended reconstruction.
