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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
She was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a conductor of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
It became a law and repealed the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It was a violence thing and the two groups were proslavery and antislavery. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
The raid was an effort by John Brown, from October 16 to 18 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states and to take there armory. -
Election of 1860
The nominees for the election were Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge and Abraham won the election. -
Confederate States of America is formed
By February 1861, seven Southern states had seceded. On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America. -
Fort Sumter
It was the attack at Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. The return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
Civil War Begins
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war was not won as easily as they had hoped. -
Jefferson Davis elected
He had been elected president of Government of the Confederacy on February 9, 1861 as a compromise between moderates and radicals was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation , as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free. -
Gettysburg Battle
One of the bloodiest battle in history and it took 3 days with around 50,000 casualties. -
The Sherman's March to the Sea
From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population and destroy any things that would help Confederates like destroying cities and railroad tracks. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
The Union and the Confederates ran into each other and Grant forced Lee to retreat and Grant followed and surrounded Lee and Lee surrendered. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play.