The Civil War

By Johanna Vrieze
  • First Issue of the Liberator
    Jan 1, 1381

    First Issue of the Liberator

    A newspaper article that took a stand against slavery.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed slavery as cruel.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act-passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act-passed

    Proposed by Stephen A. Douglas. Repealed the Missouri Compromise.
  • Compromise of 1856-passed

    Compromise of 1856-passed

    Abraham Lincoln v.s. John C. Breckenridge
  • James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th president

    James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th president

    He tried to keep the peace but tensions only rose to new heights.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    Dred claimed he was a free person. Court considered him to still be property. North and South reacted different ways.
  • John Brown's raid at Harper Ferry

    John Brown's raid at Harper Ferry

    They were trying to supply African Americans. They were defeated.
  • Abe Lincoln elected president

    Abe Lincoln elected president

    He went in at a time when states started to succeed.
  • South Carolina secedes from the Union

    South Carolina secedes from the Union

    First state to succeed for the Union. Marked the first act of war officially.Elected Jefferson Davis as President. Called themselves The Confederate states of America.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

    Union troops surrendered. Confederates held onto the fort until the end of the Civil War. Happened at the Harbor of Charleston.
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    The Union lost. The Union replaced there general.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    Considered the most important war of the Civil War.
  • Sherman's march to the sea

    Sherman's march to the sea

    A common military campaign. Located in the Savannah.