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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people with land of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
The Election of 1856
The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th in the 4th presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. In a three-way election, Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and American Party nominee Millard Fillmore. -
Dred Scott decision
On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. -
John Brown raid
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery -
Attempts at Compromise fail
The election of Lincoln in 1860 was the final trigger for secession, making compromise no longer possible between the North and the South by 1860 -
Conditions for Soldiers
Most of the soldiers did no die of wounds they mostly died of diseases such as measles smallpox etc. -
The South Secedes
South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was formed. Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union -
Forming the Confederacy
Formation of the Confederacy. In February 1861, representatives from the seven seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama to found the Confederate States of America. They hoped for a peaceful separation from the North. -
Border States Choose Sides
The Border States were slave states that shared a border with free states to the north. These included Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. -
Tactics And technology
Gun makers had redesigned barrels for the guns to make them much deadly -
The Civil War Begins
The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. -
The Battle of Bull Run
Union and Confederate armies fought near Manassas connection , Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped -
War in the East
Union general George B.McClellan had a plan to attack the Confederacy capital at Richmond.But he delayed asking for more troops. -
War In The West
In 1862 Union forces Ulysses S. Grant opened two important water routes into the west confederacy. -
Three major battles
The three major battles were the Chancellorsville, battle of gettysburg, Battle of Vicksburg They both last around two days. -
Blockade runners
To get scarce goods,southerners depended on blockade runners,These low, sleeks ships carried southern cotton to caribbean ports.They returned with silk soap and pepper -
African Americans and the war
In the south, the labor of enslaved African Americans helped provide food the south needed.In the north African Americans served in segregation units. -
Chattanooga campaign
The Union army retreated to chattanooga in Tennessee and were trapped in a city. -
The Election of 1864
The Presidential election of 1864 took place during the American Civil War. ... The National Union Party was a temporary name used to attract War Democrats and Border State Unionists who would not vote for the Republican Party. It faced off against the regular Democratic Party, including Peace Democrats. -
The war ends
in april 9th they finally surrendered.Lincoln did not live to see the official end of war.
