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US Declares Independence
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Louisiana purchase
doubles the size of US -
Missouri compromise
compromise limits slavery to the south -
Underground Railroad
slaves escape north -
Trail of Tears
Adrew Jackson ignores supreme court and forces Indians to give up their land and march 2,000 miles west. -
War with Mexico
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Harriet Tubman Escapes
becomes a conductor to help slaves escape -
Fugitive Slave Law
Soth forces a law which allows slaves to be perused -
Dred Scott loses case
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Lincoln vs Douglas Debate
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Lincoln Elected President
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South Carolina Secedes
first state to leave the US over slavery -
Eleven Southern States secede
became a separate country call confederate -
The Picnic Battle of Bull Run
90-day war declared and politicians watch -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln states all slaves are free -
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Robert E Lee Surrenders
Civil war ends -
Last Slaves Freed in Texas
Texas had kept slaves after it was illegal but not anymore