The Civil War
A Constitutional amendment to protect slavery from federal interference in any state where it already existed. Also, though denied, it called for the westward expansion of the Missouri Comp. line to the California border and would ban slavery north of the line and allow bound labor in the south.
What is the Crittenden Compromise?
The first U.S state that seceded from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
September 17, 1862, remains the bloodiest day in US military history because of this battle.
What is The Battle at Antietam?
This required soldiers to serve for the duration of the war and mandated three years of military service for all men between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, till 1862, when the age limit rose to forty-five.
What is the draft?