By: Andrew Tran

Pre-Civil War

Ø 1853- Gadsen Purchase Treaty – US acquires border territory from Mexico for $10 million

Ø 1854- Kansas Nebraska Act- Established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

The Legislation repeals the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and renews tension between anti and proslavery factions

Ø 1857- Dred Scott vs. Sanford- It held that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens.

Ø 1859- John Brown- He and 21 followers capture federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry

Ø 1860- South Carolina secedes from the union- one less state that supports slavery

During & After Civil War

Ø 1861- Attack on Fort Sumter- Marks the start of Civil War

Ø 1863- Emancipation Proclamation- Freed slaves in Confederate states

Ø 1863- Battle of Gettysburg- A series of decisive battles of the US Civil War

Ø 1863- Homestead Act- Became a law allowing settlers to claim land after living on it for five years

Ø 1864- General William T. Sherman- He was union general in the American Civil War. Sherman is said by many to be the greatest of the Civil War generals

Ø 1865- General Ulysses S. Grant- Captured Richmond, Virginia

Ø 1865- Robert E. Lee- Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

Ø 1867- U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million- added another state into America and new territory for anti or proslavery state

Ø 1867- U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million- added another state into America and new territory for anti or proslavery state

Ø 1868- President Johnson is impeached- He is impeached by the House of Representatives, but he is acquitted at his trial in the Senate

Ø 1868- President Johnson is impeached- He is impeached by the House of Representatives, but he is acquitted at his trial in the Senate