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1st Issue of the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison took a stand against slavery by starting an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. -
Compromise of 1850 is Passed
Henery Clay, a senator from Kentucky, proposed the idea that California would be a free state. Slavery would be illegal in Washington D.C. It also passes a new Fugitive slave act. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe the portrayed slavery as a cruel and brutal system. Uncle Toms' Cabin showed people how horrific slavery was, and was a factor of the civil war. -
Kansas Nebraska Act is Passed
Stephan Douglas, a senator from Illinois, proposes the Act. The act stated that popular sovereignty would decide if slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska territories . It also repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
James Buchanan is Sworn into Office as the 15th President
The electoral vote gave James Buchanan the victory in the Presidential election of 1856. He was the 15th president of the U.S. and served just before the Civil War. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an African American the lived in a free territory, therefore he should be free. C.J. Rodger B. Taney said that he was property and you can't take property away. Therefore he is still a slave. -
John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a small army of 18 to Harper's Ferry. There eh would try to take weapons from the U.S. His plan did deepen the divide between the North and South. -
Abraham Lincoln is Elected President
Abraham Lincoln is elected president in 1860. He is the United States 16th president. Abraham will eventually be shot because of his stand on slavery. -
South Carolina Succeeds from the union
South Carolina was the 1st of 7 states to suceed from the union. They succeeded because Abraham Lincoln wont eh election. Other states that succeeded were Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Arizona, Florida, and Georgia. -
Battle of Fort Sumter Begins
Jefferson Davis ordered forces to attack before the union supplies arrived. Eventually the Union surrendered the fort. -
Battle of Gettysburg Begins
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The battle lasted 3 days and nearly 50,000 men fell. It was a Union win because the North stopped the South from the invasion. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. Both sides assumed it would be an easy victory, but was very tough. This made people realize how hard and costly the war would be. -
Emancipation Proclamation Goes into Effect
It allowed all slaves in U.S. territories to be free. Abraham Lincoln signed the idea. It only freed a few number of people however. -
Sherman's March to the Sea Begins
William T. Sherman 60,000 soldiers on march from Atlanta to Savanna, Georgia. The purpose was to frighten Georgia’s population. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Southern general General Robert E. Lee surrendered 28,000 troops to General Ulysses S. Grant. Leading to a Northern victory. -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at a play. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army.
