1850+to+1900

__**1850-1890**__ Before 1850 there were a lot of revolts against slavery but from 1850-1890 the issue of slavery was taken to the government and to all US. In this years the issue of slavery was taken to the government and in this years the black people gained their independece and more rights than they had. All this would not have been acclomplished if it wouldn't have been for a great leader called Lincoln and the Civil War.

__**Major events**__ This are events that helped the Civil War occured.

1850- California enters the union as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Law is strenghted, the slave trade is abolished in Washington D.C, and Utah and New Mexico are open to slavery. 1852- A novel called Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published. This book talks about slavery as a horrible evil, but treats Southern friendly. 1855-1856- A small civil war takes place in Kansas and is known as[|bleeding Kansas]because the issue of slaver. 1857-1858- The issue of slavery became so big that Kansas was divided into two legislatures, each claiming their own legitimacy. There was a pro and anti slavery group. 1858- Lincoln is nominated for the US senate. 1859- [|John Brown] fails in his attempt to capture Harper’s Ferry.

__**Civil War**__ It was a Civil War that happend because the issue of slavery.

1960- [|Lincoln] is elected president and because of him SC, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas apart from the Union April 12, 1961- [|Fort Sumter] in Charleston SC is bombed by so cannons send by Gender Pierre Beauregard and this started Civil War April 15, 1961- President Lincoln calls 75,000 militarymen. 1862- Congress allows Lincoln to use black military men. Sep. 1962- Union forces don’t let General Robert. Lee invade the North at Antietnam, Maryland. He retreats back to Virginia. Jan. 1, 1963- The Emancipation Proclamation make all slaves in Confederate territory. 1964- The Fugitive Slave Law is opposed by Congress. Lincoln wins election against George B. Mc.McClellean General of the Union. 1965- The 13 amendment which bans slavery in the Us is passed and becomes part of the Constitution. April 1965- Lincoln is assassinated and Andrew Johnson takes his place. The Civil War ends.

__**Achivements of Africans Americans**__ After the Civil War the African American people gained a lot of rights and achieve many things.

1865- The 13 amendment is passed which prihibits slavery. 1868- The 14 amendment is passed which makes any person born in the US citizenship even if you were a slave. 1870- The 15 amendment is passed which gives black men the right to vote. 1870- Hiram R. Revels who was a republican became the first black senator of the united states though he didn’t finish his term. 1875- Blanche Kelso Bruce became the first black senator of the US who finished his term. 1877- The first African American to graduate from West Point was Henry O. Flipper. 1890- The Afro American League is found in chicago under the leadership of Timothy Thomas Fortune.

__Sources__ 12 Mar 2008 [|http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html.] 12 Mar 2008 http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/8Timelines/TimelinesLevelOne.htm. Moss, Joyce. __Westward Movement to the Civil War__. United Kingdom 12 Mar 2008 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html.