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The Missouri Compromise
• 30”60 degrees North
• Henry Clay leads but more of a collection of agreements -
Compromise of 1850
• Was supposed to settle all debates about free and slave states
• New Fugitive slave law -
Compromise Passed
• Stephen Douglas pushes compromise through
• “Final settlement” of slavery question and sectionalism compromised -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Douglas introduced bill
• Would divided Nebraska territory into 2 states (Nebraska and Kansas) -
The Attack on Lawrence
• Antislavery settlers founded town of Lawrence
• Proslavery grand jury wanted the settlers arrested -
Pottawatomie Massacre
• Went to Pottawatomie Creek to fight
• Infuriated over the sack of Lawrence -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Scott decided slaves do not have the same rights of citizens
• Missouri compromise was unconstitutional -
Harper’s Ferry
• John Brown believed it was time for a slave up rise
• Intended to take the federal arsenal and arm slaves with weapons -
End of Brown
• Hung for high treason
• Northerners regarded Brown a martyr -
Southern Secession
• State rights
• 6 other states secede from union: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas -
Confederacy- Montgomery, Alabama
• Confederate
• Each state has sovereign and independent -
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Confederacy demands that the US evacuates fort Sumter
• Bombardment and surrender -
Whit of Habeas Corpus
• Lincoln suspends it
• You were called a copperhead when you sympathized with the North -
Battle of First Bull Run
• In experienced soldiers from both sides
• Confederacy led by General Thomas J. Jackson “stonewall Jackson” -
Emancipation Proclamation
• Was a tactical move
• Freed southern slaves -
Fort Henry
• Union army headed by US Grant
• Union plan attack fort from land and water -
Monitor v. Merrimack
• First ironclad battle in history
• Ended in a draw -
Shiloh
After Grant had captured several forts in Tennessee his armies moved south toward Mississippi. The Confederate army met Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Grant had not expected the attack. At first he seemed to be losing. Then more Northern troops arrived and Grant defeated the Southerners. -
Second Battle at Bull Run
The Union led by General John Pope was defeated at Bull Run Creek while trying to reach Richmond. The Union army retreat to Washington. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee took command telling the Confederate forces that he planned to carry the fight to the enemy. He crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, but was blocked from Washington, D. C. by Union troops in a bloody battle at Sharpsburg near Antietam Creek. Lee realized that his army was in a bad position to receive supplies and withdrew his troops over the Potomac to Virginia. -
Lincoln Frees all the Slaves
President issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves in the South. Lincoln's document called the Emancipation Proclamation because in emancipated the slaves. -
Battle of Perryville
Buell's forces ended Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in the Battle of Perryville. -
Fredricksburg
Lincoln replaced General McClellan with Ambrose Burnside. Burnside's men were slaughtered at Fredricksburg. -
Battle of Stones River
Union troops under Rosecrans forced the Confederates to retreat after the Battle of Stones River. -
Chancellorsville
General Lee fought against General Joseph Hooker. Although outnumbered two to one, Lee won the battle. During the battle General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. -
Gettysburg
• Union and Confederacy run into each other in Pennsylvania
• Union takes high ground but eventually leaves position -
Vicksburg
• Union wants location to take over Mississippi River
• Falls July 4-5 -
Chickamauga
The Confederate Army led by General Braxton Bragg won against the Union army at Chickamauga Creek in Tennessee. General George Thomas commanded the Union army which was trapped in Chattanooga. -
Battle of the Wilderness
This was the first in a series of battles. The first Union attack was made in an area about 50 miles from Richmond. The Union gained little and lost much in casualties. -
Spotsylvania
Grant ignored the losses in the Battle of the Wilderness and ordered Meade to move on toward Spotsylvania Court House. -
Cold Harbor
Grant kept moving toward Lee's army after Spotsylvania. They fought the Southern army at Cold Harbor in an advance upon Richmond. After many casualties the Union army called off the attack. -
Seige of Petersburg
This was the beginning of a nine month seige with Grant's men surrounding Lee's army. -
Sherman’s March
• Confederate troops try to cut off union supply line
• Burns Atlanta- November 15, 1864 -
War Offcicially Ends
Jefferson Davis fless Richmond
Lee and Grant agree to meet in Appomattoz Court House but Lee surrenders -
Lincoln's assasination
On Good Firday, April 14 Lincoln was assassinated. He was attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. The assisin was and actor named John Wilkes Booth. After twelve days of running Booth was fatally shot.