The Civil War, Brandnic002

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  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850

    5 acts in which:
    -Texas surrender sits claim to New Mexico, transferred its debt to the federal government, and retained the Texas Panhandle.
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    States of Kansas and Nebraska were formed
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    Violent political conflicts between Free Staters and anti-slavery
  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Dred Scott Decision

    Supreme Court decided that Africans, whether slaves or free, could not be American citizens
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    Series of seven debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Douglas Stephens.
  • Lincoln's Election

    Lincoln's Election

    Lincoln is elected president in 1860
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Fort whereupon the first shots fire at were those that started (also the first battle of) the American Civil War.
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

    Also known as the First Battle of Manassas
  • Harper's Ferry

    Harper's Ferry

    Town in Virginia that changed sides eight times in the war
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    Part of the Marlyand Campaign, it was the first majour battle of the Civil War.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln declaring the freedom of slaves in the elven Confederate states.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle fought in Gettysburg, and regularly described as the turning point of the war, but many casualties were sufferred
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address

    One the greatest American speeches ever delivered, by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg after the battle
  • Andersonville Prison

    Andersonville Prison

    A prison ordered by Majour Henry Wirz that was overcrowded four times its capacity that commited horrible atrocities during the Civil War.
  • Battle of Appomattox Court House

    Battle of Appomattox Court House

    Final battle of Conferate forces under Robert E. Lee before they surrendered the the Union and Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The day of Good Friday, President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre
  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction

    The Reconstruction of the United states after the war