ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
To what extent was slavery the main cause of the Civil War?
To what extent was a northern victory in the Civil War inevitable?
To what extent did the Civil War change American economics, politics, and society?
IN SUMMARY:
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, several southern states seceded from the Union, an action that led to civil war in 1861.
Although Union force seemed to possess numerous advantages, Confederate forces won several key battles in the early years of the Civil War.
After victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Union forces turned the tide of the war in their favor.
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| 1082501892 | Election of Lincoln, Nov., 1860 | A | |
| 1082501893 | Secession of South Carolina (12/20/1860) | B | |
| 1082501894 | Crittenden Compromise proposed, 1861 | ... | |
| 1082501895 | Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 | ... | |
| 1082501896 | First Battle of Bull Run, 1861 | ... | |
| 1082501897 | Emancipation Proclamation warning, Sept., 1862 | ... | |
| 1082501898 | Battle of Antietam, Sept. 1862 | ... | |
| 1082501899 | Emancipation Proclamation enacted, Jan. 1, 1863 | ... | |
| 1082501900 | New York draft riots, 1863 | ... | |
| 1082501901 | Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 | ... | |
| 1082501902 | Battle of Vicksburg, 1863 | ... | |
| 1082501903 | Gettysburg Address, 1863 | ... | |
| 1082501904 | Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 | ... | |
| 1082501905 | Assassination of President Lincoln, 1865 | ... | |
| 1082501906 | Abraham Lincoln | ... | |
| 1082501907 | Jefferson Davis | ... | |
| 1082501908 | Robert E. Lee | ... | |
| 1082501909 | Winfield Scott | ... | |
| 1082501910 | Stonewall Jackson | ... | |
| 1082501911 | Ulysses S. Grant | ... | |
| 1082501912 | George McClellan | ... | |
| 1082501913 | William T. Sherman | ... | |
| 1082501914 | Clara Barton | ... | |
| 1082501915 | Andrew Johnson | ... | |
| 1082501916 | Writ of habeas corpus | ... | |
| 1082501917 | Monitor | ... | |
| 1082501918 | Merrimack | ... | |
| 1082501919 | Legal Tender Act | ... | |
| 1082501920 | Radical Republicans | ... | |
| 1082501921 | Copperheads | ... | |
| 1082501922 | Total war | ... | |
| 1082501923 | Reconstruction | ... | |
| 1082501924 | •Homestead Act (1862) •Pacific Railway Act (1862) •Morrill Act (1862) •Emancipation Proclamation (1863) •War Department General Order 143: Creation of the U.S. Colored Troops (1863) •Gettysburg Address (1863) •Wade-Davis Bill (1864) •President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865) •Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (1865) •13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865) | ... |
