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The Liberator
On January 1st 1831 William Lloyd Garrison created an anti slavery newspaper. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a set of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which created a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was originally released as a newspaper article, but people wanted to learn more about it so it was created into a book. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Signed by president Franklin Peirce the Kansas-Nebraska act created the territories Kansas and Nebraska. -
James Buchanan 15th President
James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States. He served immediately before the Civil War. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives and then the Senate. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott tried to sue whites who taken him from the free states into the south for freedom. The judges went against Dred saying he was Black and had no rights. -
John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a raid to Harper's Ferry to try and arm African Americans with weapons to retaliate against white slaveholders. He failed, and some found John Brown a martyr and some thought it was wrong to use violence. -
Abraham Lincoln 16th President
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States. He was the first republican president ever elected. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
After Lincoln was elected president South Carolina was the first of many states to secede from the union. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter (FS) was running low on supplies so Abraham Lincoln promised to send supplies but no men. Jefferson Davis ordered troops to attack FS no one was killed only some were injured. The Civil War had begun. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Led by Gen. Irvin McDowell, the union crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Confederate victory -
Emancipation Proclomation Goes Into Effect
Lincoln ordered the emancipation proclamation twice. The first one didn't work, but the second one did. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st and ended on July 3rd of 1863. The result was a Union victory. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Gen. Sherman from the union led troops throughout Georgia rampaging every town to try and show that the Confederates were untrustworthy. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre.
