APUSH Timeline Period 5
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Updated: 23 Jan 2023
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Created byJoe Mama
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Texas admitted into the Union as slave stateWilmot ProvisoTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoCompromise of 1850Fugitive Slave Law passed“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” publishedRepublican Party formedKansas Nebraska Act passedCharles Sumner assaulted in the SenateDred Scott v. SanfordLincoln-Douglas DebatesJohn Brown’s raid on Harpers FerryAbraham Lincoln elected presidentAttack on Fort Sumter, SCFirst Battle of Bull RunBattle of ShilohHomestead Act passedSlavery prohibited in US territoriesEmancipation Proclamation issued1st All-Black Union regiment formed (54th Massachusetts)Battle of GettysburgDraft RiotsGettysburg AddressSherman’s “March to the Sea”Freedmen’s Bureau establishedSurrender at Appomattox CourthouseLincoln assassinated13th Amendment ratifiedKu Klux Klan organizedCivil Rights Act of 1866Reconstruction Acts of 186714th Amendment ratifiedUlysses S. Grant elected president15th Amendment ratifiedTranscontinental Railroad completedAmnesty Act of 1872Compromise of 1877Federal troops withdrawn from the SouthPeriods
Westward ExpansionThe Mexican American WarCalifornia GoldrushFree- Soil PartyBleeding KansasSecession & creation of the Confederate States of AmericaThe Civil WarReconstructionFirst African Americans serve in CongressPanic of 1873
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