People
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
A machine that made removing seeds from cotton quicker and made cotton more valuable
The cotton gin
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
What did the 13th amendment do?
Outlawing slavery in the United States
Cental Pacific and the Union company
two companies worked on the transcontinental railroad?
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Taxes placed on foreign goods by the Federal Government
Tariffs
April 12th, 1861
Fort Sumter (First battle of the Civil War
What is the Missouri Compromise
Manie and Missouri became a state. Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state.
Promontory, Utah
Where the Transcontinental railroad met
Main general of the Confederate army
Robert E. Lee
Ships covered with iron plates
Ironclads
1860
Abraham Lincoln become President
Battle of Gettysburg
1863, fought in Gettysburg, PA. Why is important? Plus one point
Founder of the Red Cross
William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell
Founders of the Pony Express
Abolitionist
1861-1865
Civil War
Sherman's march to the sea
Gen. Sherman capturing Altlanta and burning/ destroying anything useful to the confederate army
Booker T. Washinton
A famous African American educator. The Tuskegee Institue
Jefferson Davis
A decision that makes both sides happy
Compromise
July 1863
Battle of Vicksburg
Transcontinental Railroad
George Washinton Carver
A famous American Scientist