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The First Issue of The Liberator
The first issue of The Liberator was about how the people of the North wanted slavery to be abolished or finished. -
Compromise of 1850 - passed
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
This book/mini series was made and published by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was one of the best and well know by everybody in The United States -
Kansas - Nebraska Act - passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. To allow people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
James Buchanan swore in to office as the 15th President
In 1856 Buchanan defeated Republican candidate John C. Fremont and, on March 4, 1857, was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, Buchanan, who had won, reiterated a belief that had been one of the major running points of his campaign: that slavery was a matter for states and territories to decide, -
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott who had lived in a free state and territory, was not thereby entitled to his freedom. Southerners said "African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States" -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
The raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Abe Lincoln Elected President
In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas. -
South Carolina Secedes from the 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 in that election, South Carolina seceded to be the first state to ever secede. -
The Battle of Fort Sumptor Begins
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
The Battle of Bull run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as Battle of First Manassas, was fought 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. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This proclamation was the one that abolished slavery once and for all. Abe Lincoln issued this after the Civil war was won by the Union. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the three-day battle. -
Sherman's March to the 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 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
A town of south-central Virginia east of Lynchburg. Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Shortly after 10 p.m., actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
