Years
Mexican-American War start
1846
first state to succeed in 1860
South Carolina
compromise proposed by Henry Clay that included these key provisions
1. Utah and New Mexico would be formed and decide for themselves if they would ban slavery
2. California admitted as a free state
3. Fugitive Slave Act put into place
Compromise of 1850
issued by Lincoln in 1863; freed slaves in Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
group formed in 1867 to terrorize newly freed blacks
KKK
Texans revolt against Mexican government
1835
Act that required northerners to report runaway slaves and facilitate their return
Fugitive Slave Act
Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
Battle of Gettysburg
political group who favored harsh punishment of the South and pushed for civil rights for blacks
Radical Republicans
James K. Polk Elected
1844
Harriet Beecher Stowe's fictional novel that exposed the brutal nature of slavery (stoked abolitionism)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Decided in 1820 that there would be no slavery in new western states above the southern border of Missouri (except Missouri)
Missouri Compromise
commanding general of the Union Army; pressured the Confederates
Ulysses S. Grant
replacement for slavery; system in which the landlord provided workers with supplies in exchange for work on the plantation
Sharecropping
Fugitive Slave Act put into place
1850
One violent result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act; A specific example of fighting among pro and anti-slavery groups pre-Civil War
Bleeding Kansas
general led an invasion of Georgia and then a march to the Southern Border
William Sherman
Acts that divided the South into 5 military districts and increased requirements for states re-joining the union (vetoed by Johnson; overturned by Congress)
Reconstruction Acts
Abraham Lincoln Elected
1860
Stated that any land gained from the Mexican-American War would be ineligible for the spread of slavery (never became law)
Wilmot Proviso
allowed Hayes (republican) to win the presidency, under the condition that all federal troops were removed from the South
Compromise of 1877
Battle that granted the land of the Mississippi River to the Union
Battle of Vicksburg
laws that prevented blacks from borrowing money, owning land, and testifying against whites
Compromise of 1877