The Compromise of 1850 was actually 5 separate bills that were passed in 1850, which sparked a 4 year confrontation between the South and the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War.
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed states to classify themselves as free states or slave states.
Bleeding Kansas was one of the first disagreements on slavery between the Union and Confederate states.
The Dred Scott Decision was a landmark decision that decided whether African-American's would be U.S. citizens. Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were 7 debates in which Lincoln frequently and passionately said his views on slavery.
Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Election Lincoln was a representative of the North. He was a Republican who was very anti-slavery.
Fort Sumter is the fort upon which the first shots of the civil war were fired.
Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war. It resulted in a Confederate victory and a Union retreat.
Antietam was another major battle in the civil war. It was fought on the Union territory, and was the bloodiest battle in American history.
The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of all slaves in states that were in rebellion.
The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the war and resulted in the most casualties throughout the war. The Gettysburg Address is the famous speech given by Lincoln after the Union victory in Gettysburg.
The Andersonville Prison was a Confederate prisoner of war camp.
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House is where the Confederate states surrendered to the Union.
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln occurred 5 days after the surrender held at Appomattox. John Wilkes Booth was looking to end the northern supremacy.
Reconstruction is the period after the civil war in which the U.S. transforms the South to fit in the Union.