U.S. History

By harmar52

  • English Settlers in Virgina

    English Settlers in Virgina
    ~English settlers in Virginia purchase 20 Africans from a Dutch ship.
    ~The Africans were sold as indentured servants, not slaves. The distinction being an indentured servant may ultimately become free for working for some number of years
    ~It was not long before all Africans arriving were treated as slaves, bought and sold into a lifetime of slavery for them and their descendents.

  • Gabriel Prosser

    Gabriel Prosser
    ~The results of the 1800 census show a total population of 5,084,912 including 887,612 slaves or 17% of the population. Slaves are virtually non-existent in northern states and as high as 42% in South Carolina and 39% in Virginia.
    ~August - Slave Gabriel Prosser leads a group of armed slaves in rebellion. His plan involved Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia and taking Governor James Monroe as a hostage, in order to bargain with city authorities for freedom.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    ~In the years leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country.
    ~To keep the peace, Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri’s request but also admitting Maine as a free state
    ~It also passed an amendment that drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory, establishing a boundary between free and slave regions that remained the law of the land u

  • Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography

    Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography
    ~ Former slave
    ~ Narrative of the Life Frederick Douglass
    ~ "If there is no struggle, there is no process"

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850
    ~The Compromise of 1850 is the name given to a package of bills passed in September 1850, aimed at defusing a stand-off between the Northern free states and the Southern slave states.
    ~Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, 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.

  • The Kansas - Nebraska Act

    The Kansas - Nebraska Act
    ~The Kansas-Nebraska Act passes Congress and thus overturns the Missouri Compromise opening the Northern territory to slavery
    ~Both sides begin to send settlers into the areas in an effort to influence the future status of these areas.
    ~It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    ~ Served as President from March 1861 until his assanation in April 1865
    ~On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
    ~The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run
    ` it is fought near Manassas, Virginia
    ` two armies fought for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run.
    ` The Confederates won a solid victory bringing them to the height of their power.

  • American Civil War

    American Civil War
    ~The civil war was fought from 1861 to 1855
    ~Fought between the Northern and Southern States
    ~Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States during the Civil War
    ~The Civil War ended slavery.

  • Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tenneessee

    Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tenneessee
    ` If the Confederates did not move quickly, they would be starved into submission.
    ` Floyd and Pillow turned over command of Fort Donelson to Buckner and slipped away to Nashville with about 2,000 men.
    ` "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." Buckner surrendered.

  • Battle of Pea Ridge

    Battle of Pea Ridge
    ` 26,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate of Missouri and the West.
    ` Pea Ridge was one of the most crucial Civil War battles.
    ` The 4,300 acre battlefield honors those who fought for their beliefs

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    ` Nearly 110,000 American troops clashed in a bloody contest that resulted in 23,746 casualties.
    ` General Johnston planned to smash Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing before Buell arrived.
    ` nearly 44,000 men present for duty from the army of Mississippi.