1820 - Impact of the Mexican War: Lawmakers thought they had settled the issue with the compromise of 1820
1825 - The Northern Response: It had been assured in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798 and 1799 and by South Carolina
1830s - Contrasts between North and South: In the 1830s, Alexis and Tocqueville took a journey on the Ohio River
1846 - Impact of the Mexican War: By 1846, it was clear to Congress their president poll intended to obtain California over from Mexico
1848 - Impact of Mexican War: When the Wilmot Proviso failed again in 1848, political party, the Free-Sail Party
1846-1848 - Strengths and weaknesses: These officers had gained experience fighting in the Mexican War of 1846-1848
1848 - Impact of the Mexican war: the Free-soil party won 13 seats in Congress in the election of 1848
1850 - Forging a compromise - The compromise of 1850 had several important previsions
1850 - Contrasting between North and South: By 1850, the North had wealth, factories, more people and bigger cities than the South
1850 - Growing differences between North and South: Imagine that it is the year 1850. You’re taking the trip down the length of the Ohio River
1850 - The Crisis deepens: For a brief time, the compromise of 1850 cooled hot tempers
1852 - Uncle Tony’s Cabin: In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tony’s Cabin
1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act: In 1854, the slavery issue only male entered the halls of Congress
1856 - “Bleeding Kansas”: By early 1856, Kansas had two government and an unofficial antislavery government
1856 - “Bleeding Kansas”: In May 1856, a proslavery group attacked the Kansas town of Lawrence, burning down home and stores
1857 - the Dred Scott decision: in 1957 a landmark case in the slavery debate came before the Supreme Court
1858 - Lincoln and Douglas debate: in the 1858 Congressional election the Republicans again campaign northern Democrats willing to make a deal with the South Democrats
1858 - John Brown's attack: October 16, 1859. Brown and 18 followers 13 whites in five blacks
1859 - John Brown's attack: sectional districts was bad enough in 1859 but John Brown the Kansas raider made it worse
1860 - the drums of war: as the election year of 1860 opened the south was in uproar
1860 - the election of Lincoln: the election of 1860 could be seen as two different races one in the north and one in the south
1860 - southern states secede: South Carolina lead the way, seceding from the union of December 20, 1660
1861 - Lincoln calls out the militia: on April 15, 1861 Pres. Abraham Lincoln called on the states to provide 70,000 militiamen for 90 days
1861 - Lincoln close out the militia: in May 1861 the Confederate Congress voted to set up its capital in Richmond, Virginia
1861 - the Confederacy established: in February 1861 seceding states formed a new nation; the Confederate states of America or the Confederacy
1861 - marching to Manassas: July 18, 1861 Union troops began the March to Manassas
1861 - geography and strategy: in 1861 Europe had Plenty of cotton and this plan failed
1861 - The two armies: in 1861, the union was completely unprepared for the war
1861 - "Bleeding Kansas": the issue of Kansas slave or free would not resolved itself until 1861 the year Kansas entered the union as a free state
1861 - union victories in the west: Union troops in the West spent most of 1861 prepare for war
1861 - the Virginia and the monitor: in 1861 the Confederates took the captured union frigate Merrimack and refitted with iron sides
1861 - crisis of the fort Sumpter: on April 4, 1861 Lincoln announced that he was sending relief expeditions to both for sumpter and fort Pickens
1861 - Preparing for battle: the south's attack on the Fort Sumter in 1861 started the Civil War
1862 - The fall of New Orleans: on April 25, 1862 Union fleet by David Faragut took New Orleans
1862 - Lee claims victories: in the spring of 1862, Mccellan finally made to move
1862 - turning the tide: riding a wave of Confederate victories Gen. Lee decided to invade the union in the fall of 1862
1862 - Antietam: a turning point: the clash came on September 17, 1862 at Antietam Creek near Maryland
1862 - The Naval War: by April 1862 the union had control of almost every important Atlantic Harbor
1865 - the war ends: on April 9, 1865 in the small town called Appomattox Courthouse
1865 - The War ends: early the next morning April 15, 1865 the president died (Abraham Lincoln)
1865 - results of the war: after 1865, people no longer said "the United States are" but "the United States is"
1868 - the battle of Shiloh: marching his troops north from Corinth, OH
1825 - The Northern Response: It had been assured in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798 and 1799 and by South Carolina
1830s - Contrasts between North and South: In the 1830s, Alexis and Tocqueville took a journey on the Ohio River
1846 - Impact of the Mexican War: By 1846, it was clear to Congress their president poll intended to obtain California over from Mexico
1848 - Impact of Mexican War: When the Wilmot Proviso failed again in 1848, political party, the Free-Sail Party
1846-1848 - Strengths and weaknesses: These officers had gained experience fighting in the Mexican War of 1846-1848
1848 - Impact of the Mexican war: the Free-soil party won 13 seats in Congress in the election of 1848
1850 - Forging a compromise - The compromise of 1850 had several important previsions
1850 - Contrasting between North and South: By 1850, the North had wealth, factories, more people and bigger cities than the South
1850 - Growing differences between North and South: Imagine that it is the year 1850. You’re taking the trip down the length of the Ohio River
1850 - The Crisis deepens: For a brief time, the compromise of 1850 cooled hot tempers
1852 - Uncle Tony’s Cabin: In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tony’s Cabin
1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act: In 1854, the slavery issue only male entered the halls of Congress
1856 - “Bleeding Kansas”: By early 1856, Kansas had two government and an unofficial antislavery government
1856 - “Bleeding Kansas”: In May 1856, a proslavery group attacked the Kansas town of Lawrence, burning down home and stores
1857 - the Dred Scott decision: in 1957 a landmark case in the slavery debate came before the Supreme Court
1858 - Lincoln and Douglas debate: in the 1858 Congressional election the Republicans again campaign northern Democrats willing to make a deal with the South Democrats
1858 - John Brown's attack: October 16, 1859. Brown and 18 followers 13 whites in five blacks
1859 - John Brown's attack: sectional districts was bad enough in 1859 but John Brown the Kansas raider made it worse
1860 - the drums of war: as the election year of 1860 opened the south was in uproar
1860 - the election of Lincoln: the election of 1860 could be seen as two different races one in the north and one in the south
1860 - southern states secede: South Carolina lead the way, seceding from the union of December 20, 1660
1861 - Lincoln calls out the militia: on April 15, 1861 Pres. Abraham Lincoln called on the states to provide 70,000 militiamen for 90 days
1861 - Lincoln close out the militia: in May 1861 the Confederate Congress voted to set up its capital in Richmond, Virginia
1861 - the Confederacy established: in February 1861 seceding states formed a new nation; the Confederate states of America or the Confederacy
1861 - marching to Manassas: July 18, 1861 Union troops began the March to Manassas
1861 - geography and strategy: in 1861 Europe had Plenty of cotton and this plan failed
1861 - The two armies: in 1861, the union was completely unprepared for the war
1861 - "Bleeding Kansas": the issue of Kansas slave or free would not resolved itself until 1861 the year Kansas entered the union as a free state
1861 - union victories in the west: Union troops in the West spent most of 1861 prepare for war
1861 - the Virginia and the monitor: in 1861 the Confederates took the captured union frigate Merrimack and refitted with iron sides
1861 - crisis of the fort Sumpter: on April 4, 1861 Lincoln announced that he was sending relief expeditions to both for sumpter and fort Pickens
1861 - Preparing for battle: the south's attack on the Fort Sumter in 1861 started the Civil War
1862 - The fall of New Orleans: on April 25, 1862 Union fleet by David Faragut took New Orleans
1862 - Lee claims victories: in the spring of 1862, Mccellan finally made to move
1862 - turning the tide: riding a wave of Confederate victories Gen. Lee decided to invade the union in the fall of 1862
1862 - Antietam: a turning point: the clash came on September 17, 1862 at Antietam Creek near Maryland
1862 - The Naval War: by April 1862 the union had control of almost every important Atlantic Harbor
1865 - the war ends: on April 9, 1865 in the small town called Appomattox Courthouse
1865 - The War ends: early the next morning April 15, 1865 the president died (Abraham Lincoln)
1865 - results of the war: after 1865, people no longer said "the United States are" but "the United States is"
1868 - the battle of Shiloh: marching his troops north from Corinth, OH