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Causes
Bleeding Kansas-violent confrontations in the us between 1854-1861 caused a debate over slavery
Missouri compromise- Missouri came in as a slave state Maine came in as a free state
Dred Scott- free slave stayed in a free state then moved to slave state said he was free court ruled against he lost court case -
Lincoln's election/secession
Secession-eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union.
Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Party nominee Senator Stephen Douglas, Southern Democratic Party nominee John Breckinridge and Constitutional Union Party nominee John Bell. The main issue of the election was slavery and states’ rights. Lincoln emerged victorious and became the 16th President -
Fort sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. After a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13. Confederate troops then occupied Fort Sumter for nearly four years, -
Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It pitted Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. The battle’s outcome would be vital to shaping America’s future, and it remains the deadliest one-day battle in all American military history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slavery.On September 22, soon after the Union victory at Antietam, he issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave -
Gettysburg/Gettysburg Address
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address,Lincoln’s 273-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. -
Sherman March to the Sea
-From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.soldiers stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back. -
Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -