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Legalizing Slavery
Virginia and Massachusetts legalize Slavery. -
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Antebellum
All events prior and leading up to the war. -
Legalizes Slavery
Virginia legalizes slavery. -
Laws on Slavery
Upon Maryland coming to realize how Slavery was going, they enacted a law of letting slaves go free if they became Christian. -
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The Albany Congress
The good intentions of the Colonial Leaders only lasted for so long. Though the petitions were offered, colonies refused to come together. The Albany Congress were twofold, trying to secure the support and coorporation the Iroquois in fighting the French. -
Proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War proved many colonies coming together finally, and causing fear for the Native Americans possibly being pushed from their land. This act ensured they would not be removed from that much land. The Proclamation also created four combined colonies. -
Vermont
First state to abolish slavery. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States purchased the Louisiana Terrirtory from France. -
The War of 1812
As Great Britian was still fixated on getting back America from their "Independant beliefs", they set out to again conquer the United States. The Star Spangled Banner was written during this war. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This mandated the return of fugitive slaves regardless of where they were found in regards to where they were enslaved. -
The First Shot at Fort Sumter
The first shot is fired and marks the beginning of the Civil War. President Lincoln was sending supplies as if to establish a more simmered deal of hostilities. South Carolina believed this to be a trick and attacked, bringing the first shot. -
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Civil War
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A General Made
Confederate President Jefferson Davis had meetings to decide who the General was--> General E. Kirby Smith was elected. -
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Statistics #1
American Soldiers who fought in the war:
2,128,948
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Lincoln Takes Action
Issued a war order authorizing the Union to launch action against the Confederacy. General McClellan ignored that order. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle actually lasted three days. On the first day, Confederates drove Union defenders through Gettysburg to Cementary Hill.
On the second day, General Robert Lee struck the flanks of the Union line resulting in severe fighting at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Culp's Hill and East Cementary Hill.
That afternoon, after massive Artiliary attack, Lee was met with major losses and over a loss for that attack on the North. -
Supreme Court Decision
A former congressman was tried before a military tribunal by General Ambrose Burnside for treason after he delivered an incendiary speech at Mount Vernon. He was tried before the Supreme Court but not enough proof was held and he was not persecuted. -
The End of the War
The Confederacy was defeated at the cost of 620,000 Union AND Confederacy dead. -
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Reconstruction Period
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Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is passed and used to give black citizens American full Citizenship -
The Right to Vote
The Right to Vote is granted to all Americans (Except for Native Americans), regardless of race, colour or previous moment of servitude (Previous slaves could vote). -
Robet E. Lee
Was best known for commanding the confederate army of North Virginia in the American Civil war. -
Riots
This was the same year that we stepped into World War One. Anti-black riots were held in St. Louis, Illinois. Over one hundred black citizens were injured or killed. Over 10,000 black New Yorkers held a silence protest. -
Civil Rights
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a boycott of Montgomery buses that lasts over a year. -
Students at School
Nine black students integrate with white students at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. President Dwight Eisenhower sends the paratroopers in to ward off any violence. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
More than 250,000 civil rights demonstrators march on Washington, DC, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech.
