Civil War Cheat Sheat
1850 Compromise of 1850- Fugitive Slave act
1851 Uncle Tom’s Cabin- 300,000 copies, Harriet Beecher Stowe
May 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act- practice popular soverieghty
1855 Bleeding Kansas- fight for slave or free state, 200 died
May 1856 Charles Sumner was beat by Southerner Preston Brooks for talking bad about slavery
March 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision- went north with owner then back south. Claimed to be free, sued but was told he was not a citizen and therefor a slave
1859 John Brown Raid- tried to arm slaves, Harpers farry
1860 Election of 1860- Lincoln was elected, south breaks off
1861 Fort Sumter- Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, start of Civil war, no one was killed
July 21st, 1861 1st Battle of Bull run- North loses, Stonewall Jackson gets his name
1862 Farragut Captures New Orleans- Union wins
Sept. 17 1862 Battle of Antietam- Union wins
Sept 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation- Lincoln frees slaves in those states in rebellion
July 1-3, 1863 Gettysburg- Union wins
July 4, 1863 Vicksburg- Union wins, splits south in two, takes control of Mississippi
1864 Sherman marches to the Sea- burns everything in the way
April 9, 1865 South Surrenders- Appomattox Courthouse, Lee surrenders to Grant.
Apr.14, 1865 Lincolns assassination-
Effects of Civil War 1. Major increase in the Federal government. a. They create the 13, 14, and 15 amendments. i. 13- forbids slavery ii. 14 all slaves are citizens iii. 15 freed blacks have right to vote 2. Segregation b. Citizenship c. Equal but separate
Keep Maryland to keep Washington dc in the union South economy inflates 9000% and north was only 80%
John brown raid- help murder slave owners
Robert E. lee homestate Virginia
John brown to arm blacks at harpers farry
Emancipation proclamation freed all slaves in rebellion states
Whiskey ring- filed false tax reports
South had greater ability to produce food
Bisquit made of wheat flour was hard
1851 Uncle Tom’s Cabin- 300,000 copies, Harriet Beecher Stowe
May 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act- practice popular soverieghty
1855 Bleeding Kansas- fight for slave or free state, 200 died
May 1856 Charles Sumner was beat by Southerner Preston Brooks for talking bad about slavery
March 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision- went north with owner then back south. Claimed to be free, sued but was told he was not a citizen and therefor a slave
1859 John Brown Raid- tried to arm slaves, Harpers farry
1860 Election of 1860- Lincoln was elected, south breaks off
1861 Fort Sumter- Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, start of Civil war, no one was killed
July 21st, 1861 1st Battle of Bull run- North loses, Stonewall Jackson gets his name
1862 Farragut Captures New Orleans- Union wins
Sept. 17 1862 Battle of Antietam- Union wins
Sept 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation- Lincoln frees slaves in those states in rebellion
July 1-3, 1863 Gettysburg- Union wins
July 4, 1863 Vicksburg- Union wins, splits south in two, takes control of Mississippi
1864 Sherman marches to the Sea- burns everything in the way
April 9, 1865 South Surrenders- Appomattox Courthouse, Lee surrenders to Grant.
Apr.14, 1865 Lincolns assassination-
Effects of Civil War 1. Major increase in the Federal government. a. They create the 13, 14, and 15 amendments. i. 13- forbids slavery ii. 14 all slaves are citizens iii. 15 freed blacks have right to vote 2. Segregation b. Citizenship c. Equal but separate
Keep Maryland to keep Washington dc in the union South economy inflates 9000% and north was only 80%
John brown raid- help murder slave owners
Robert E. lee homestate Virginia
John brown to arm blacks at harpers farry
Emancipation proclamation freed all slaves in rebellion states
Whiskey ring- filed false tax reports
South had greater ability to produce food
Bisquit made of wheat flour was hard