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First issue of the Liberator
Was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act- Passed
Kansas Nebraska Act was signed by President Franklin Pierce. -
James Buchanan sworn Into Office As The 15th President
James served as a Minister to Russia under Andrew Jackson. -
Dread Scott decision
Dred Scott was resided in a free state and territory (where slavery was prohibited) was not thereby entitled to his freedom. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionists John Brown to indicate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Abe Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States serving from March 1861, until his assassination in April 1865. -
South Carolina secedes from the union
South Carolina was a site of major political and military importance for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. -
Compromise of 1850
The civil war was meant to determine the survival of the United States of America as it defeated the bid for independence by the breakaway Confederate States of America. -
Battle at Forte Sumter begining
The Battle of Forte Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Forte Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina that started the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
Know as the first Manasses. -
Emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle involved the largest number casualties of the entire war and is often decribed as the wars turning point. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Sherman's march to the sea is commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia. -
The surrender at Appomattox court house
Was one of the last battles of the Civil War. -
Lincoln's assassination
Assassonated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Forde's theatre.
