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First issue of the liberator
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles, right and wrong, throughout the world. -
Compromise of 1850-passed
in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Uncle Tom's cabin published
Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Changed forever how Americans viewed slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska act-passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
The surrender at appomattox court house
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln assassination
John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. -
James Buchanan Sworn into office as the 15th president
James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. -
James Buchanan 15th president
the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War. -
Dred Scott decision
From the 1780s, the question of whether slavery would be permitted in new territories had threatened the Union. -
John Brown raid at harpers ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Abe Lincoln elected president
Abraham's father remarried and, as the frontier expanded and became more populated, so the quality of life increased. -
South Carolina secede from Union
With the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln, who ran on a message of containing slavery to where it currently existed, and the success of the Republican Party to which he belonged – the first entirely regional party in US history in that election. -
battle of fort summit begins
The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County. -
Battle of 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, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Shurmans march to sea
Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj Gen.
