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Rhode island abolishes slavery
Rhode Island becomes the first of the original Thirteen Colonies to introduce anti-slavery laws that would accentuate the divide between Northern and Southern states. -
declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson draws up the Declaration of Independence to assert the sovereign rights of the American colonists. In approving the Declaration, Congress set a precedent that outlined the rights of a people to abandon their former political allegiances and 'to institute new government -
Arguments over slavery
America was united as they headed west and battled mexico- but tensions were always there.As we gained territory,would slavery be allowed?
Southern democrats- pro-slavery, the “common man “
Northern democrats- still racist, but anti-slavery
Free soil- anti-slavery wanted land only for white farmers -
Compromise of 1850
California admitted to union as as free state. Land won from mexico would be open to slavery until they become states and they'd vote on it. Slave auctions were banned in Washington D.C. -
John browns Raid
Inspired by dred Scott- brown plans to lead a slave revolt Seized and raised a federal armory Rally slaves and provides them weapons No slaves shows up Robert E.lee surrounds and captures brown Tried for treason -
Raid on harpers ferry
Contemporary Southern accounts blamed the recently-formed Republican Party and their anti-slavery platform for inspiring violence. U.S. Marines, under the command of future Confederate General Robert E. Lee, suppress the insurrectionists. Brown was caught and sentenced to death; his hanging witnessed by Abraham Lincoln’s assassinatior John Wilkes Booth. This event is often seen as the last notable flashpoint of sectional tension before the outbreak of the Civil War. -
Secession and war
south Carolina votes to withdraw or secede from the union -
Bleeding Kansas
Pro and anti slavery supports flood into Kansas Bitterly divided Cities of pro/anti slavery supporters Voting day- slave state Missouri floods into Kansas and votes to legalize slavery Only 2,900 voters in Kansas…...but 6,000 votes Expelled anti slavery supporters -
Battle of bull run
Happened 25 miles out of Washington DC -
Founding the confederacy
confederate states of america founded as an independent republic -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg was the last major confederate base on the river -
The First Conscription Act
The nation’s first conscription act is passed by Congress. The wealthy take advantage of a three hundred dollar exemption fee to avoid serving. -
New York City draft riots
The arrival of draft officers in New York City spurs rioting. In the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation, tensions rise amongst the urban poor in the North as they fear competition for work when the newly freed slaves migrate. There is also dislike about the war being centred on abolition instead of Union preservation.. -
Capture of Atlanta
Under General William Sherman’s command, the Union army capture the Confederate stronghold of Atlanta and embark on a campaign of destruction aimed at breaking the will of the Confederate army. -
Shermans march
Sherman's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be one of the major achievements of the war. -
Fort Fisher and the last days of the Confederacy
Union forces capture Fort Fisher in North Carolina, strengthening a Union blockade which has caused devastating food and clothing shortages in the South. Laws against conspiracy are tightened and habeas corpus suspended in order to stop Confederate desertions; Jefferson Davis even makes a desperate bid to arm the slaves which is rejected by his Congress. -
Appomatttox courthouse
On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the nation's largest war. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Union reinforcements arrive at the Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia and secure General Lee’s surrender. This marks the effective end of the Civil War. -
Military reconstruction begins
divided former confederacy into 5 military districts
strict requirements to be remitted to the union
allow Africans to vote -
15th amendment
the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
panic of 1873
banks go bankrupt (great depression) -
Compromise of 1877
Rutherford Hayes becomes president and takes the army from the south
