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Republican party founded
Republican party stood against the extension of slavery, -
Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slaves act were a pair of federal laws that allowed for capture and return of runaway slaves within the Us. Anybody that help slaves escape would have punishment. -
Nat Turner Slave Revolt
This was a unsuccessful slave revolt in which Nat Turner led through Virginia to kill planters. However this failed and led to tightening of slavery due to fear -
William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator with the goal abolish slavery, This paper ran for 35 years and it was the most influential antislavery periodical pre civil war -
American Anti-Slavery society begins
The society goal was the intimidate abolitionism of slave of the US.The person who was leading this society was William Lloyd Garrison. -
Sara Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women published
In this book Sarah Grimke's responded to Catherine Beecher defense of a subordinate women rights. In the book Sara claim God made all people equal. -
Henry Highland Garnet'ts "Address to the Slaves of the USA
This speech called on people in the South to rise up and kill their owners -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
It was the campaign that launched women suffrage movement in the US. At this convention the Declaration of Sentiments was read. This declaration called women to organize and petition for their rights. This convention passed 12 resolutions. -
Harriet Tubman Escapes from Slavery
Harriet Tubman heard rumors she was getting ready to be sold so she went ahead and escape to Philadelphia. Leaving behind her family. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry claw introduce a series of resolutions in attempt to seek a compromise and avoid a crisis between the north and the south. -
Sojourner Truth Delivered her "Ain't a Women" Speech
This speech main purpose was to talk about social attitudes toward women and especially African women. Something unique about this speech is that it is less formal but still deliver impact. -
Bleeding Kansas
It was a small clvii war in the US that was fought between pro slavery and anti slavery for Kansas. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was a bill that mandated "popular sovereignty" allowing settlers of territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders. -
Dred Scott Descision
The Supreme Court issue a decision on Dred Scott case affirming the right of slave owners to take their slave into the western territories. Many people think this is the worst decisions the supreme court made. -
Lecompton Constitution
It was an instrument framed in Lecompton by pro slavery advocates of statehood. it contained clauses protecting slave holding and bill of rights excluding free blacks, -
Panic of 1857
It was a financial panic in the 1857 in the Us caused by the decline of international economy, -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
It was a series of seven debates between Stephan A.Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois state election campaign as a among the most significant statements in american political history. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1846. Lincoln join the republican part that oppose the slavery's extension in territory. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
It was abolitionist movement lead by John Brown to raid Harper's Ferry to set up independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia -
Democratic party splits into northern and southern halves
The main reason the democratic party was over the issue of slavery, The south wanted to keep slavery while the north wanted abolish slavery. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina was the first of the 11 states to secede at the begging off the civil after Abraham Lincoln was elected. -
Confederate States of American founded
The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the Us following the election of Abraham Lincoln. -
Creation of the Radical Republicans
The radical republican goal was the emancipation of slave and later equal treatment and rights to freed blacks. -
Firing on Fort Sumter
It was the bombardment of Fort Sumter.This battle was the thing started the American Civil War. -
General U.S Grant Assumed Command of Union Troops
Grant was a appointed as lieutenant general in March 1864. His basic plan was to immobilize the army of confederate. While the western army head south toward Georgia -
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a anti slavery novel that sold 300,000 copies within three months. She wrote the book due tightened fugitive slave laws -
Battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam is also know as america bloodiest day. It was the battle that ended the Confederate invasion -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the civil war. The battle destroy lee army and was a crushing defeat for the confederate. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was an proclamation that declared that all people held as slaves within the rebellious state are and henceforth shall be free. -
Gettysburg Address
It is a world famous speech that was delivered by Pres.Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg Pennsylvania which was the site of one of the decisive battles of the civil war. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Union General Sherman led 60,00 troops to Savannah Georgia to frighten civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Abraham Lincoln reelected
Abraham Lincoln won the northern vote due to his leadership and policies as president. However when they re elected him any chance to negotiate with confederacy vanished, -
Congress Passed the 13th amendment
The thirteenth amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery, -
Lee Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox court house
The war came to end at the battle of Appomattox Court House it ended with lee surrounded and being left with no other option but to surrender. -
Ku Klux Klan formed
It was a group of confederate veterans that form with the goal on reversing the federal government's progressive reconstruction in the south especially against African Americans -
Freedman's Bureau Established
It was established by congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the south in the aftermath of the war. However it was not able to carry out its program due to a shortage of funds -
Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by being shot in the head by John WIlkes Booth. The assassination occur after the end of civil war, Lincoln death plunged the country into despair -
Andrew Johnson became president
Andrew Jackson became president after Lincoln was assassinate. Johnson as a president took a moderate approach to restoring the south to the Union and he often clashed with radical republicans. He also became the first president impeached. -
Johnson announced plans for presidential reconstruction
presidential reconstruction was a plan that gave a pardon to all southern whites restoring political rights and all property except slaves. He allow the south to mange their transition to being slave free -
Arrival of Scalwags and Carpetbaggers in the south
Due to the reconstruction period two types of people arrive in the south on is know as a Carpetbagger which was northern politician or financial adventure accused of going to the south in means of obtaining profit from freemen and scalawags are any southern who supported the federal plan of reconstruction. -
Civil Rights Act Passed over Johnson veto
This law was made declare that all people born in the US were citizens without regard to race,color,or previous condition of servitude. This law allow former slaves for the first time many rights such as being to sue and give evidence in court and many more. -
First Congressional Reconstruction Act passed
The reconstruction act laid out the process for readmitting Southern States into the Union, -
14th Amendment ratified
It gave former slaves with national citizenship and anybody born in the Us, -
Andrew Johnson Impeached
The house of representatives voted 11 articles of impeachments against Andrew Johnson, Which led him to getting impeached. -
Us Grant elected president
The election of 1868 was the first election to take place during the reconstruction and due to great being a symbol of the Union he won. -
15th amendment ratifed
It allow men to vote regardless of color or race -
Slaughterhouse Cases(Supreme court)
The Slaughterhouse case is a legal dispute that resulted in a landmark U.S supreme court decision in 1873 limiting the protection of the privileges and immunities clause of the 14 amendment -
U,S v.Cruikshank
This was a supreme court case that led to an allowance of violence and deprivation against the newly freed slaves. Many of their rights granted by the Fourteenth Amendment were being deprived -
Period of"redemption'" after the civil war
The period of redemption were led by redeemers who wanted to return the south back to it pre civil war -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 ended reconstruction and the governments of the southern states started to take away rights that free slaves had enjoyed.
