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The Liberator goes into print!
William Lloyd Garrison wrote and published the Liberator to be heard.
William Lloyd Garrison found a anti-slavery society.
The Liberator would have not been published if he didn't have a helping had. -
The compromise of 1850 passed!
It created more problems than it resolved.
It made California the 16th free state in the U.S.A.
It made Texans lose boundary claim in New Mexico. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin got published!
Henry was born in a family of preachers.
Henry was already an outspoken Abolitionist. -
Kansas and Nebraska Act passed!
One of the reasons it passed was it gave all of the territory's of Kansas and Nebraska a choice of weather or not they wanted slavery.
It was a event that lead the Civil War. -
James Buchanan sworn into office as President!
He was the 15th President of the U.S.A.
He opposed slavery, and thought it was wrong. -
Dred Scott decision! (Dred Scott vs Sanford)
The court found that no black, free or slave, could claim U.S. citizenship, and therefore blacks were unable to petition the court for their freedom. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union!
Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the confederacy was formed. -
Battle at Fort Sumter!
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.
Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. -
First Battle at Bull Run!
The First Battle of Bull Run also known as Battle of First Manassas was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
It was also known as the the Battle of Pittsburg Landing.
It began when the South launched a surprised attack on the Union Forces. -
Battle at Antietam!
President Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation five days later.
The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw -
Emancipation Proclamation goes into Effect!
It stipulated that if the Southern States did not crease their rebellion
by January 1st 1863, then Proclamation would go into effect. -
Battle of Fredericksburg!
On December 13, 1862 200,00 troops were involved in the Battle of Fredricksburg.
Lee’s rebel defenders turned back the Union assault with heavy casualties (nearly 13,000), -
Battle of Chancellorsville!
Facing an enemy force nearly twice the size of his own Lee daringly split his troops in two confronting and surprising Union General. -
Battle of Gettysburg
On July 1 the advancing Confederates clashed with the Unions Army of the Potomac commanded by General George G. Meade at the crossroads town of Gettysburg.
The next day saw even heavier fighting as the Confederates attacked the Federals on both left and right. -
Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States!
In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. His untimely death made him a martyr to the cause of liberty, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.
