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former Whig members meet to create the Republican Party in Ripon Wisconsin -
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, also created two new territories and also allowed for popular sovereignty -
Lincoln was the first republican president. Lincoln becoming president was a problem for some people because he was against the expansion of slavery. His election was part of the civil war outbreak. -
South Carolina still wanted slavery -
When President Lincoln gave this speech seven states were already seceded from the US. His second speech he used to close slavery. -
The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston by the South Carolina militia, the US army surrendered and it started the Civil War -
Gives military authority to necessary power to silences dissenters and rebels -
When Virginia succeeded they changed the Confederacy capitol to Richmond -
The first major land battle in the Civil War -
Decision made by confederate congress, he was president of the confederate states -
History's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare -
This battle allowed Union troops to penetrate the confederate area -
When he was elected commander, the Confederate Army of the Potomac was renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. He defended Richmond forces from the Union -
The union won this battle, it was the deadliest one day battle. Gave President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. -
This battle started to target Richmond, Virginia which was the capital of Confederacy. This was one of the largest and deadliest battles. The union lost the battle because of mismanagement by their generals. -
Lincoln announced the proclamation when the US was approaching the third year of war -
General Robert E. Lee's greatest military victory. A major battle of the Civil War -
The battle stopped the confederate momentum in the East. During this issue, this battle was the bloodiest. This battle was between the Union and Confederate where Union won. -
The Confederates couldn't obtain sources from the Mississippi. The last route for getting sources was closed -
violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan by the angry working class of New York -
President Lincoln gave a speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg. -
General William T. Sherman captured Atlanta which was a huge loss for the Confederacy because he had taken the Deep South's major manufacturing center and railroad hub -
Near the end of the civil war, Lincoln won the popular vote with 55% and the electoral college 212-21. -
Union General William T. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply line -
The 13th amendment was passed on January 31 and was ratified on December 6. The 13th amendment abolished slavery -
This provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners -
Confederate lines broke after a nine month siege, the retreat of the army left the Confederate capital of Richmond defenseless, 25 miles to the north -
Effectively ended the Civil War. One of the most memorial moments in American History -
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington DC because Booth wanted confederacy to be restored -
Union soldiers tracked John Wilkes Booth down to a farm Virginia 12 days after he killed President Lincoln and he was murdered.