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Compromise of 1850
Proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. Provided that California be admitted as a free state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Required Northern states to return runaway slaves to their owners in the South and established harsh penalties for individuals assisting runaway. -
Republican Party
Republican is founded. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Established popular sovereignty. This divided the North and the South. -
Battle at Antietam- Confederates fire first shot
Single most bloodiest battle in the Civil War. First shot fired at Fort Sumter on Union. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The confederates looked too tough to be beat. Confederates received the victory. -
Battle of Chancellorville
Stonewall Jackson gets killed. The confederates win. -
Gettysburg
This is the turning point of the war. The union gets their confidence back and win. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The union gains control of the Mississippi. Union wins. -
Battle of Atlanta
Union wins. The Union captured and destroyed Atlanta. -
Richmond/ Appomattox Court House
Capital of the confederates, Richmond, falls to the union. The war is over. -
13th Amendment Passed
Abolished slavery in the U.S. black codes. -
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau is established. -
Reconstruction Act
Congress passes the first reconstruction act. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant becomes president.
