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This was a slave revolt in Southampton County, VA.
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This was a newspaper that often published anti-slavery articles.
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This was a society that was formed for the purpose of outlawing slavery.
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This was a series of letters that was written in response to a the doctrine of anti-feminism in a newspaper.
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In this address to the American slaves, Henry Highland Garnet called for slaves to refuse to work, and approach their masters demanding their freedom.
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This was the first women's rights convention, and reflected the growing movement of women's rights in America.
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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. She would later become an instrumental part of the underground railroad.
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This was a compromise between the northern states and the southern states that amended the Fugitive Slave Act, and prohibited the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
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This legislation allowed for local governments to capture escaped slaves and return them to their masters. It was amended in the Compromise of 1850.
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This was a speech that contained feminist concepts, and furthered the women's rights movement.
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This was an anti-slavery novel that was published at a time when tensions over slavery were very high.
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This was a war that erupted as a result over disputes regarding whether or not it was constitutional for the federal government to regulate slavery in a territory.
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This act allowed for citizens to decide whether or not they allowed slavery on their property in Kansas and Nebraska.
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This was a meeting of the anti-slavery Whigs, which morphed into the Republican Party.
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This was a supreme court case that decided that a slave that entered a free state was still a slave, and could be captured and returned to their master.
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This was a constitution that was written for the proposed state of Kansas. It was pro-slavery.
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This was a financial crisis that was a result of the domestic economy being too good.
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This was a series of debates between Senator Douglas and challenger Abraham Lincoln.
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This was an attempt to arm slaves and start a slave revolt by raiding a federal armory.
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The Democratic Party became so divided prior to the Election of 1860 that they ran two candidates for President - one in the North, and one in the South.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union.
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Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist, and his election the the Presidency contributed to the Southern states seceding.
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This was the point when states that had seceded came together and formed a separate country from the US.
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This was the start of the Civil War. A supply ship came to resupply Fort Sumter, but Confederate forces opened fire on them.
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This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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This is considered to be the turning point in the Civil War.
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This was an address given by President Lincoln, declaring that all slaves were free.
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This was an address given by President Lincoln on the fields of Gettysburg after the battle had been fought.
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This gave Grant the highest command in the army, making him the superior to all troops.
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This was a brutal military campaign that marched south through Georgia.
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Lincoln did not believe that he had much chance of winning this election. McClellan was his biggest rival.
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This was a period of redemption, in which the republicans did stuff.
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John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head during a play.
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This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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This marks the point at which most troops of the Confederacy had surrendered, and the Civil War was unofficially over.
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Johnson was the Vice President of Abraham Lincoln, and assumed the role of President following his assassination.
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This was a plan that outlined how Johnson would attempt to reconstruct following the Civil War.
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These were northerners who moved to the South for financial profit.
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This was a terrorist group of white supremacists that would cause civil unrest for decades to come.
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This was a society that was formed in order to help freed slaves following the Civil War.
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This was a bill which provided protection for freed slaves. It was passed despite a veto by Johnson.
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This was an act that outlined the criteria that southern states would have to meet before rejoining the union following the Civil War.
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This amendment granted citizenship to everyone who had been born in the US, including former slaves.
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Johnson was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors
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Former Army general Grant was elected President following Johnson's impeachment.
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Grant became a radical Republican, which was not a formal political party.
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This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
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This was a series of supreme court cases that dealt with monopolistic regimes in Louisiana.
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This was a Supreme Court case that dealt with states rights, following a massacre of freed slaves led by white men.
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This was an informal compromise that involved pulling troops out of the South, formally ending the reconstruction era.
