The Compromise of 1850 was about the North and the Southern states splitting territory gained after The Mexican-American War.
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed white males to acquire land in the area. They were allowed to own slaves.
Bleeding Kansas was a state to state war involving Kansas and Missouri. Missouri was neutral to slavery. People in those states fought about slavery.
Key:
Navy Blue = Union States
Lighter Blue = Unions Territories not permitting slavery .
Yellow = Border Union states, permitting slavery.
Gray = Bleeding Kansas, entered Union
Darker Yellow = Union territories permitting slavery
Red = Confederate States
Key:
Navy Blue = Union States
Lighter Blue = Unions Territories not permitting slavery .
Yellow = Border Union states, permitting slavery.
Gray = Bleeding Kansas, entered Union
Darker Yellow = Union territories permitting slavery
Red = Confederate States
This man is Dred Scott. The Dred Scott Case of 1857 was a federal court ruling that decided African American freed or slave could not become American citizens or have equal rights.
Lincoln - Douglas Debates in 1858. Lincoln and Douglas debated about slavery and they tried to gain favor for the political parties in Illinois.
1859 Harper's Ferry: John Brown, white abolitionist, tried to start a revolt against slave owners. He was defeated by Robert E. Lee.
In the Lincoln's Election, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election against Hannibal Hamlin.
Fort Sumter April 1861 is where the first shots were fired to ignite the beginning of the American Civil War.
Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
It was the first major land battle of the America Civil War. It was fought near the city of Manassas, Virginia.
It was the first major land battle of the America Civil War. It was fought near the city of Manassas, Virginia.
The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg)
September 17, 1862
This was the first major battle on Union soil in the state of Maryland. It was a very bloody day with 22,717 soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
September 17, 1862
This was the first major battle on Union soil in the state of Maryland. It was a very bloody day with 22,717 soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
On January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclaim was written by President Abraham Lincoln. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the states that were still in resistance. Emancipation Proclamation was a law to outlaw slavery in all states.
In 1865 Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, a speech proclaiming freedom and democracy for all people. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in July 1–3, 1863 between Unions and the Confederates. It is often described as the war's "turning point."
Former Camp Sumter known as Andersonville Prison(1864), a Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War. About 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war and nearly 13,000 died of starvation, malnutrition, diarrhea or communicable diseases.
Surrender of Appomattox Court House 1864, General Lee surrendered his remaining troops to General Grant at the McLean House on the afternoon of April 9.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.
Reconstruction(1863 to 1877): Law makers and legislators in the government were trying to work together to unite one large nation after the American Civil War.