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The compromise of 1850
South wanted slaves, north did not like that idea. -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Southern secession
It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War, 1861-65 -
Confederacy forms
the government formed in 1861 by southern states that proclaimed their secession from the United States. Jefferson Davis was its president. -
Fort Sumter gets attacked
Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, the nearly completed federal garrison positioned on a man-made island in South Carolina's Charleston harbor -
Naval War
A short war in which President Lincoln tried to cut off southern ports, but failed to do so. -
Farmers role in the war
Farmers would provide food for soldiers during the war. -
Women's role in the war
Women would be nurses or disguise themselves as men and fight in the war(s) -
Battle of Shiloh
A battle that the confederates started but the Union won -
Second battle of bull run
The second bull run battle, this time the confederates one. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest one day battle in U.S. history -
African Americans role in the war
African Americans would be soldiers in the army on the north side, because they offered freedom on the north side if they fought in the war -
Battle of Gettysburg
The union start to pick up confidence after winning here at Gettysburg -
Emancipation proclamation
President Lincoln announced that we would declare a declaration freeing all the slaves. -
Grant appointed commander of all Union armies
Grant is assigned commander of all union armies -
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
