Eventos
The Missouri Compromise:
the northern and southern leaders to maintain an even balance between slave liking and slave hatingcompromise of 1850:
it was a package of 5 separate bills passed by the united states congress in 1850U.S. congress passes Kansas-Nebraska act:
it allowed people of the Kansas and Nebraska whether to allow slavery or notLincoln is elected president:
Lincoln served as president from 1861-1864south Carolina secedes form the union:
after South Carolina seceded, Florida joined Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama10 other southern states secede the following year:
after Lincoln was elected the other southern states secede from the unioncivil war begins:
confederate batteries opend fire at fort stumter in Charleston, south Carolinabattle of fort sumter:
the battle of fort sumter and the surrender of fort sumter started the civil warbattle of bull run is fought:
it was the very first major engagement between the opposing north and southbattle of Antietam is fought:
the battle marked the first culmination of confederate Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the northern statespresident Lincoln issues emancipation proclamation:
it stipulated that if the southern states did not cease there rebellion, then the proclamation would go into effectbattle of Gettysburg is fought:
the first day the battle in the area west and north of Gettysburgbattle of Vicksburg is fought:
the U.S. army under the U.S. grant forced the confederate into the cityGettysburg is given an address:
the Gettysburg address was a speech given by Lincolnpresident Lincoln is reelected:
with his reelection, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the confederacy was vanishedgeneral Sherman leads union troops on march to sea:
the purpose of the "march to sea" was to frighten Georgia's civilian population to abandoning the confederate causethirteenth amendment abolishes slavery:
the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, making it a crimecivil war ends with confederate surrender at Appomattox courthouse:
after the last fight, the confederate surrendered under Gen. Ulysses S. Grantpresident Lincoln is assassinated:
Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at the Ford Theatrecitations:www.answers.com/Q/What_happened_when_Abraham_lincoln_was_elected_president
www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/shermans-march
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