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First issue of the liberator
The first issue of the liberator really let people who had no idea what slavery was like get a good image in there head and it hopefully made them aware and angry about slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
The 1850 compromise tried to make piece between the North and South. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act-passed
It Allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska decide to have slavery or not in there state. -
Uncle Toms cabin published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe an African American. -
James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th president
The Democratic party nominated Buchanan of Pennsylvania. He was a diplomat and former member of congress. -
Dred Scott decision
In 1846 antislavery lawyers helped Scott sue for his freedom. This also helped the court rule on the question of slavery itself. Dred Scott still had no rights to bring a lawsuit living on free soil did not make him free. -
John Browns raid
John Browns raid did not succeed but it rallied up northerners and scared southerners. -
South Carolina secedes from the union
If and when Abraham Lincoln gets in office South Carolina made it pretty clear they were going to depart from the Union. -
Abraham Lincoln elected first republican president.
When Abe was elected many southern states receded except some who agreed with him but still wanted slavery called border states. -
Battle of Fort Sumter begins
Fort Sumter was on Confederate soil so when the states seceded from the Union they wanted them out of there so they sent troops to attack it. Surprisingly no one died but before supplies got to the fort they had to retreat. -
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle that the South won. -
Emancipation Proclamation
On the third year of the bloody civil war the emancipation proclamation declared all slaves be free. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the civil war won by the Union. -
Sherman march to the sea
Sherman's march to the sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah campaign. -
The surrender at Appomattox Court House
It was one of the last battles of the civil war. It was also when General Grant surrendered to General Lee. -
Lincolns Assassination
Lincolns assassination happened one evening in a theater when John Wilkes Booth got in somehow and shot him in the back of the head.
