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Abolition
It was the movement to free African Americans from slavery. Some people wanted African Americans to be resettled in Africa. However others wanted them to stay in America as a free citizen. -
The Liberator
William Lloyed Garrison was a young white abolitionist who established his own paper, The Liberator, to deliver- immediate emancipation of slaves. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
One of the most prominent rebellions were led by Turner. Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four plantations and killed about 60 whites. Whites eventually caught them and killed many of the members including Turner. -
The North Star
Frederick Douglass started his own anti newspaper called The North Star. It was named after the star that had guided runaway slaves to freedom. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay worked to shape the compromise that both the North and South could accept. To please the North California entered the country as a free state and to please the South the Compromise proposed a new fugitive slave law. It allowed Popular Sovereignty- the right to vote against slavery, for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Under this law alleged fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury. If anyone was convicted of helping a slave they would be fined $1,000 and imprisonment for almost 6 months. -
Underground Railroad
It was a system of escape routes. conductors on the routes hid fugitives in secret tunnels and false cupboards, provided them with food and clothing, and escorted them to the next station. -
Harriet Tubman
She was born a slave in Maryland. After her owner died she heard rumors that she was going to be sold. She decided to make a break for freedom in Philadelphia. she became a conductor on the underground railroad. she made 19 trips back to the south and is said to have helped 300 slaves including her own parents-flee to freedom. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote it. It is about how slavery is not a political contest but a great moral struggle. It expressed her lifetime hate for slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
senator Stephan Douglas introduced a bill in congress on January 23, 1854, that would divide the area into two territories- Nebraska in the north and Kansas in the south. This would repeal the Missouri Compromise. -
Dread Scott v. Sandford
He was a slave who's owner took him from Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri. He sued for his freedom because he was living in a free state. The court ruled against him because he was not considered a citizen. -
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Debates
They were both running for president. They both didn't want slavery however Douglas wanted popular sovereignty and Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral. Douglas won the debate. -
John Brown's Raid/ Harpers Ferry
Brown was an abolitionist that was studying the slave uprising that had occured in Rome. Black led 21 black and white men. His aim was to seize the federal arsenal there and start a general slave uprising. -
Lincoln becomes president
Lincoln was elected president in 1860. THe slave states didn't like Lincoln because he opposed slavery. However he got over half the votes making him president. -
Formation of the Confederacy
It was where they formed the confederate of the States of America. Jefferson Davis was the president. Southern states. -
Attack of Fort Sumter
On december 20, 1860 There was an attack on the North and the South causing the civil war -
Income Tax
The tax imposed was a flat tax, with a rate of 3% on incomes above $800. The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle of Bull Run
The armies clashed near the manassas junction, Virginia. This was the first major battle of the civil war.The south had a lot of confidence and the North was worrying. -
Conscription
It was passed by the Confederate Congress on April 16, 1862, made all white males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five eligible to be drafted into military service. -
Battle of Antietam
It was the bloodiest single day of the civil war. Both sides had many casualties. It was fought closer to the south. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln established the proclamation during the third year of the Civil war. It declared that any slaves in the rebellious states would be set free. -
Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point -
Battle at Vicksburg
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. The Battle of Vicksburg was significant because it allowed the Union Army to take control of the Mississippi River from the Confederacy. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865. Wikipedia -
Sherman's March
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
he Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Near the end of the American Civil War, the assassination happened while Lincoln was watching a play. He was sitting in a booth and was shot in the head and was killed by John WIlkes Booth.
