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The Civil War
Ch:16 - 18 Timeline 1861-1865 &
Reconstruction Era
Pages 478-549
Cause & Effect
September 1850
The Compromise of 1850
goes into effect
►
Pg. 461
Laws intended to settle the
major disagreements
between the free and slave
states. To please the
North, CA would be
admitted as a free state.
South, Congress would not
pass laws regarding
slavery for rest of the
territories won from
Mexico.
►
Cause & Effect
►
1854 Kansas-Nebraska
Act goes into effect
Pg. 464
Law that established the
territories of Kansas and
Nebraska and gave their
residents the right to
decide whether to allow
slavery. The bill angered
opponents of slavery and
soon turn Kansas into a
battle ground over slavery.
►
Cause & Effect
► February
1861
Confederate State of
America was formed
► Pg.
473
The states that had
seceded from the
Union met in
Montgomery, AL and
decided to form a
confederation and
named Jefferson Davis
as president. Ended
the hopes of avoiding
the war.
Cause & Effect
► April
1861 Confederate
guns open fire on Fort
Sumter
► Pg.
481
A federal fort located in
the harbor of
Charleston, SC.
Marked the beginning
of the Civil War.
Cause & Effect
► July
1861
the First Battle of Bull
Run
► Pg.
485
Confederate wins and
dashes Union hopes of
winning the war
quickly and easily.
Cause & Effect
► March
1862
Ironclads - The Monitor
meets the Virginia
► Pg.
491-492
Warships covered in iron;
marked the
advancement in
military technology.
Union wins and
signaled a revolution in
naval warfare and
casualties soared.
Cause & Effect
► April
1862
The Battle of Shiloh
► Pg.
494
Union wins and forced
the Confederacy to
retreat, they gained
the upper hand in the
struggle to control
Mississippi River valley.
The first bloody battle
of the war.
Cause & Effect
► June
1862
Seven Days’ Battle
► Pg.
494
Battle in which the
Confederacy forced the
Union to retreat before
it could capture the
Southern Capital of
Richmond. Gen. Lee
took charge of the
Confederate Army and
ended the Union threat
in Virginia.
Cause & Effect
► September
1862
The Battle of Antietam
► Pg.
497 Union wins
and it is the bloodiest
single-day battle of the
war and American
history. General Lee
lost a large number of
his troops
(Confederate Army),
and his northward
advance had been
stopped.
Cause & Effect
►
January 1863 The
Emancipation Proclamation
goes into effect
►
Pg. 504 An executive
order issued by President
Lincoln, freeing the slaves
in all regions in rebellion
against the Union. The loss
of slave labor severely
damaged the southern
economy and the
Confederate war effort and
had a tremendous impact
on the public.
Cause & Effect
► March
1863
54th Massachusetts
Regiment was
assembled
► Pg.
506
One of the first AfricanAmerican regiments
organized to fight for
the Union. Their
heroism increased
African-American
enlistment.
Cause & Effect
► July
1863
The Union army wins
major victory at
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania.
► Pg.
513 battle in
which the Union
defeated the
Confederacy, renewed
northern confidence
that the war could be
won. On Nov. 1863,
Pres. Lincoln spoke at
the dedication of a
cemetery, The
Gettysburg Address.
Cause & Effect
► Nov.
1863
President Lincoln delivers
the Gettysburg
Address
► Pg.
513-514
reminded Americans of
the ideals on which the
republic was founded
Cause & Effect
July 1863
Siege of Vicksburg
►
►
Pg. 516 battle in which
the Union defeated the
Confederacy and enabled
them to control the entire
Mississippi River. The
South was split in two and
the tide of war turned in
favor of the North. Britain
gave up all thought of
supporting the South.
Cause & Effect
► April
1865
Gen. Lee surrenders at
Appomattox Court
House
► Pg.
519
marked the end of the
Confederate war effort
Cause & Effect
► 1865
Congress proposes the
Thirteenth Amendment
on January 1865 and
the law went to effect
on December 1865
► Pg.
521 & 270
An amendment to the
U.S. Constitution
banning slavery and
involuntary servitude
in the U.S. Freeing
millions of enslaved
persons.
Cause & Effect
► Sept.
1864
Atlanta falls to the Union
► Pg.
598 deprived the
South of a vital
railroad junction,
center of industry. The
capture of Atlanta
helped Lincoln’s
campaign for reelection.
Cause & Effect
► March
1867
Congress passes the first
federal Reconstruction
Act
► Pg.
621 acts required
all southern states to
create new state
constitutions
supporting the
Fourteenth
Amendment before
they could be
readmitted to the
Union
Cause & Effect
► Feb.
1869
Congress proposes the
Fifteenth Amendments
► Pg.
623
Gave African American
men throughout the
United States the right
to vote.
Cause & Effect
► March
1875
Congress passes the Civil
Rights Act of 1875
► Pg.
627
Allowed African
Americans to sue
private businesses for
discrimination.
Cause & Effect
► March
1877
The Compromise of 1877
ends Reconstruction
► Pg.
628
The Democrats agreed to
accept Hayes’s victory
if all remaining federal
troops were removed
from the South.