U.S. History (before the civil war)

The industrial Revolution

Jan 1, 1760

~Lasted between 1760 and sometime between 1820 and 1840
~The industrialzation helped transition to new manufacturing processes
~One transition was going from wood and other bio-fuels to coal
~Textiles were the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution

First state to abolish slavery

Jul 8, 1777

~Vermont, an American colony was the first government entity to abolish slavery
~This pattern kept continuing over the years by other states who abolished slavery including pennsylvania and massachusetts
~Some wealthy land owners continued to own slaves into the 1800s
~Vermont wasn't even a state yet at this time

The Whisky Rebellion

Aug 12, 1791

~Also known as the Whiskey Insurrection
~whiskey tax was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government
~intended to generate revenue to help reduce the national debt
~The tax was resisted by farmers in the western frontier regions

Missouri Compromise

Feb 15, 1820

~Tensions arised between pro-slavery and abolitionists.
~A compromise was made and Maine was created a free state and granted Missouri's request of being a slave state.
~ An imaginary line was created across the former Lousianna Territory.
~This established a boundary between the free and slave regions.

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

~Effect of the Missouri Compromise
~created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
~Opened new lands for settlements
~Allowed white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory or not

The Dred Scott Case

Mar 6, 1857

~affirmed the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories
~residents of newly created territories could decide the issue of slavery by vote this is known as popular sovereignty
~Dred Scott was a slave
~Dred Scott was the property of his owner, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law

The Anacoda Plan was establised

Apr 19, 1861

~Pres. Lincoln called for a blockade of the South on April 19th, 1861, 6 days after the fall of Fort Sumter
~It was drawn up to end the Civil War in favor of the Union
~It involved 4 main parts
~Coastline from Virginia to Texas
~General-in-Chief Winfield Scott developed a plan that would use a Union naval blockade of the Confederate coastline to stop any military and commercial shipments that would aid the Confederate cause.

The issuing of the Imancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

~Issued by Abraham Lincoln
~During the third year of the bloody civil war
~Declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free
~It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border state

54th Massachusetts Regiment

Mar 11, 1863

~an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
~One of the first African American units in the U.S. during the civil war
~Authorized by the governor of Massachusetts
~After the emancipation proclamation

Sherman's March

Nov 15, 1864

~ General William T. Sherman
~Sherman captured Atlanta in early September 1864
~He split his army sending some back to Nashville
~He ordered 2,500 light wagons loaded with supplies
~He destroyed Georgia