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Civil War Unit Timeline - Review
1820
March 3: The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery north of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude.
___Missouri____________ is admitted as a slave state, and _____Maine__________ (up to then a part of Massachusetts) is
admitted as a free state.
1850
August: Congress adopts the Compromise of 1850, which admits _______________________ to the Union as a free state,
but does not forbid slavery in other territories acquired from Mexico. It also prohibits the sale of slaves in
____________________________ and includes a strict law requiring the return of ______________ slaves to their masters.
1852
Mar. 20: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes ____________ ______ ___________, which sells 300,000 copies in a year and
generates support for abolitionism. When Stowe met Lincoln at the White House, he reportedly asked her: "Is this the little
woman whose book made such a great war?"
1853
Dec. 30: Mexico sells the United States 29,640 square miles of territory south of the Gila River, establishing the border
between Mexico and the US. This is called the _________________ ________________.
1854
Jan. 23: Sen. Stephen Douglas introduces the Kansas Nebraska Act, which declares that _____________________
____________________ will decide the slavery issue in Kansas and Nebraska.
1855
Mar. 30: Pro-slavery forces win the territorial elections in Kansas. Some 6000 votes are cast even though only 2000 voters
are registered, many by pro-slavery "border ruffians" from Missouri. The pro-slavery government passes laws imposing the
death penalty for aiding a fugitive slave and two years hard labor for questioning the legality of slavery. Antislavery forces
respond by setting up an opposing government in Topeka.
1856
May 19: Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts denounces "The Crime Against __________ (State) _____," which he
describes as the rape of a virgin territory by pro-slavery forces. In his speech, Sumner accuses a South Carolina Senator of
taking "the harlot Slavery" for his mistress."
May 25: In reprisal for the "Sack of Lawrence" and the attack on Sumner, ____________________ and six companions
murder five pro-slavery men at Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas. A war of reprisals left 200 dead in
"_________________________________."
1857
Mar. 6: In the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court rules that the US Constitution and Bill of Rights were not
intended to apply to ______________ _____________________ and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
The decision also denied Congress and territorial legislatures the right to exclude slavery from the western territories.
1859
Oct. 16: John Brown and some 21 followers seize the federal arsenal at _______________ _______________, Virginia. He
is taken prisoner two days later, US Marines, led by Col. Robert E. Lee.
Oct. 31: Refusing to plead insanity as a defense, John Brown is put on trial and is convicted of treason, criminal conspiracy,
and murder. He is _____________ Dec. 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson hails Brown as a "new saint" who "will make the gallows
glorious like the cross."
1860
Nov. 6: Abraham Lincoln tops a four-candidate field to be elected president. Although he received less than 40 percent of
the ______________ _________, and no votes in the South, he won an overwhelming Electoral College victory.
Dec. 20: ___________________________, voting 169-0, secedes from the Union.
1861
Apr. 12: At 4:30 a.m., Confederate guns fire on Fort Sumter, a federal installation in _______________________, South
Carolina's harbor. The fort surrendered after 34 hours of bombardment.
July 18: At the first battle of ____________ ______________, near Manassas, Va., Confederate forces rout a Union army.
1862
Mar. 9: The first battle between ironclad warships takes place off Hampton Roads, Va., where the Union's Monitor and the
Confederate's ____________________________ fight to a draw.
July 22: President Lincoln tells his cabinet that he intends to issue an emancipation proclamation, but agrees to wait for a
military victory so that this will not appear to be an act of desperation.
Sept. 17: Union troops under Gen. George McClellan halt Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North at the
battle of ________________________ in western Maryland.
Sept. 22: President Lincoln issues his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that on Jan. 1, 1863 slaves in areas
still in ______________________________ would be declared free.
1863
Jan. 1: President Lincoln signs the ____________________ ___________________, freeing all slaves in areas in rebellion
(excluding certain parts of Louisiana and Virginia). The Proclamation immediately freed slaves in parts of Florida, Louisiana,
and South Carolina.
Mar. 3: Congress requires all ____________________ between 20 and 45 register for military service. Draftees could be
exempted from service by paying $300 or providing a substitute.
July 3-4: In an effort to spur European intervention, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his army invade the North. By accident, Lee's
forces encounter George G. Meade's troops at _________________________________________, leading to the largest
battle in the western hemisphere. Confederate forces suffered 30,000 casualties; Union troops, 25,000. On July 5, Lee's
army retreated across the Potomac River, and was unable to take the offensive again.
July 5: A Confederate army at _________________________ surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, giving the Union control
of the Mississippi River. More than 29,000 Confederate troops surrender.
July 11-14: The New York City ________________________ Riots. They did not want to serve in the military! Four days of
rioting leave a thousand people dead or wounded before troops brought from Gettysburg restore order.
Nov. 19: At a ceremony marking the dedication of a battlefield cemetery, President Abraham Lincoln delivers the
________________ ___________________.
1864
Mar. 10: Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of the Union army.
Nov. 8: Pres. Lincoln defeats Democratic candidate George B. McClellan.
1865
Mar. 13: The Confederacy decides to permit slaves to serve in the military.
Apr. 9: Gen. _________________________ surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at _______________________________ Court
House.
Apr. 14: On Good Friday, ____________________________________ shoots President Abraham Lincoln at Washington's
Ford's Theater. As he leaps to the stage (breaking a shinbone), Booth shouts, "Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to
Tyrants)." Lincoln died the next morning. ________________________________ becomes the 17th president.
Word Bank
African Americans
Andrew Johnson
Antietam
Appomattox
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
California
Charleston
Draft
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive
Gadsden Purchase
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Hanged
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Kansas
Males
Merrimac
Popular Sovereignty
Popular vote
President Lincoln
Rebellion
Robert E. Lee
South Carolina
Gadsden Purchase
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Hanged
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Kansas
Males
Merrimac
Popular Sovereignty
Popular vote
President Lincoln
Rebellion
Robert E. Lee
South Carolina
Gadsden Purchase
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Hanged
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Kansas
Males
Merrimac
Popular Sovereignty
Popular vote
President Lincoln
Rebellion
Robert E. Lee
South Carolina
Gadsden Purchase
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Hanged
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Kansas
Males
Merrimac
Popular Sovereignty
Popular vote
President Lincoln
Rebellion
Robert E. Lee
South Carolina
Gadsden Purchase
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Hanged
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Kansas
Males
Merrimac
Popular Sovereignty
Popular vote
President Lincoln
Rebellion
Robert E. Lee
South Carolina
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vicksburg
Washington, DC
Word Bank
African Americans
Andrew Johnson
Antietam
Appomattox
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
California
Charleston
Draft
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vicksburg
Washington, DC
Word Bank
African Americans
Andrew Johnson
Antietam
Appomattox
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
California
Charleston
Draft
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vicksburg
Washington, DC
Word Bank
African Americans
Andrew Johnson
Antietam
Appomattox
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
California
Charleston
Draft
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vicksburg
Washington, DC
Word Bank
African Americans
Andrew Johnson
Antietam
Appomattox
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
California
Charleston
Draft
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vicksburg
Washington, DC