Pranesh Jain
APUSH Period 5 Timeline
1820
1836
1846
1831
1842
Missouri Compromise
Underground Railroad
Texas Revolution
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Mexican-American War
1845
1848
Timeline (continued)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Fugitive Slave Act
1852
1854
1854
1850
Ostend Manifesto
1854
1853
1857
1850
Buchanan's Presidency
Compromise of 1850
Gadsden Purchase
Bleeding Kansas
1861
1856
Timeline (further continued)
1859
1857
1861
1861
1860
John Brown's Raid
Election of Abrahma Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Formation of the Confederate States of America
Dred Scott Decision
Timeline (Finale)
1861
1865
1861
1863
1862
American Civil War
Confiscation Acts
Homestead Act
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
1862
1865
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, stirred the Civil War with its powerful depiction of slavery. The story follows Eliza and her son escaping north, while Uncle Tom is sold south. The book highlights the clash between Christian faith and slavery, ending with Tom's martyrdom inspiring others to renounce slavery.
Mexican-American War
It was a war between Mexico and the U.S. over wether the newly annexed Texas' border is at the Nueces River, Mexican claim, or the Rio Grande River, U.S. claim. The U.S. military was led by Winfield Scott and the Mexican army was led by Mariano Arista.
Resource
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, passed by Congress, was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The treaty was settled by Daniel Webster, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Alexander Baring, first lord of Ashburten and representative of Britain, implemented in order to resolve a dispute between the borders New Brunswick, Maine, and the Great Lake Areas. They agreed on the boundary line through the Great Lakes to the Lake of the Woods and also for open navigation in the waters.
Resource
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).
Confiscation Acts
The Confiscation Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, was designed to allow the federal government to seize property, including slave property, being used to support the Confederate rebellion.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a compromise, by Henry Clay, that made Maine a free, made Missouri a slave state, and any state above the 36 degree 30 parallel line is a free state and anything below it is a slave state.
Resource
American Civil War
The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, both whites and free blacks, who helped slaves who ran away from their slaveholders and moving them to the North or to Canada, where slavery was illegal. Key figures like Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and made her mission to free slaves in which she help 70 slaves escape, helped these escaped slaves with the help of network, known as the Underground Railroad.
Resource
Battle at Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.
Buchanan's Presidency
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. During his tenure, seven Southern states seceded from the Union and the nation teetered on the brink of civil war.
John Brown's Raid
On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal.
Resource
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Ostend Manifesto
Ostend Manifesto, is a communication from three U.S. diplomats to Secretary of State William L. Marcy, advocating U.S. seizure of Cuba from Spain. The incident marked the high point of the U.S. expansionist drive in the Caribbean in the 1850s.
Bleeding Kansas
Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas. This was led by John Brown, a violent radical abolistionist, and involved James Buchanan, the president, and Stephen Douglas, Democratic senator.
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution is the war for independence for Texas from Mexico. They succeeded in the independence and formed the Republic of Texas. One of the main figure who led the Texas Revolution was the general, Sam Houston. He served as the first and thrid president of the republic and was one of the two individuals who represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.
Resource
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, by Henry Clay, a Whig, and Stephan Douglas, a Democrat, had several parts. They included California being admitted as a free state and the borders of Texas being settled, with areas ceded by Texas becoming the recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah.
Confederate States of America
The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment, which was signed and approved by the Senate and Abraham Lincoln, it said that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
Gadsden Purhase
The Gadsden Purchase, signed by James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
Dred Scott Decision
In this case, it was about Dred Scott, an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom, and the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. The opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory.
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Pranesh Jain
APUSH Period 5 Timeline
1820
1836
1846
1831
1842
Missouri Compromise
Underground Railroad
Texas Revolution
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Mexican-American War
1845
1848
Timeline (continued)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Fugitive Slave Act
1852
1854
1854
1850
Ostend Manifesto
1854
1853
1857
1850
Buchanan's Presidency
Compromise of 1850
Gadsden Purchase
Bleeding Kansas
1861
1856
Timeline (further continued)
1859
1857
1861
1861
1860
John Brown's Raid
Election of Abrahma Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Formation of the Confederate States of America
Dred Scott Decision
Timeline (Finale)
1861
1865
1861
1863
1862
American Civil War
Confiscation Acts
Homestead Act
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
1862
1865
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, stirred the Civil War with its powerful depiction of slavery. The story follows Eliza and her son escaping north, while Uncle Tom is sold south. The book highlights the clash between Christian faith and slavery, ending with Tom's martyrdom inspiring others to renounce slavery.
Mexican-American War
It was a war between Mexico and the U.S. over wether the newly annexed Texas' border is at the Nueces River, Mexican claim, or the Rio Grande River, U.S. claim. The U.S. military was led by Winfield Scott and the Mexican army was led by Mariano Arista.
Resource
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, passed by Congress, was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The treaty was settled by Daniel Webster, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Alexander Baring, first lord of Ashburten and representative of Britain, implemented in order to resolve a dispute between the borders New Brunswick, Maine, and the Great Lake Areas. They agreed on the boundary line through the Great Lakes to the Lake of the Woods and also for open navigation in the waters.
Resource
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).
Confiscation Acts
The Confiscation Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, was designed to allow the federal government to seize property, including slave property, being used to support the Confederate rebellion.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a compromise, by Henry Clay, that made Maine a free, made Missouri a slave state, and any state above the 36 degree 30 parallel line is a free state and anything below it is a slave state.
Resource
American Civil War
The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, both whites and free blacks, who helped slaves who ran away from their slaveholders and moving them to the North or to Canada, where slavery was illegal. Key figures like Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and made her mission to free slaves in which she help 70 slaves escape, helped these escaped slaves with the help of network, known as the Underground Railroad.
Resource
Battle at Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.
Buchanan's Presidency
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. During his tenure, seven Southern states seceded from the Union and the nation teetered on the brink of civil war.
John Brown's Raid
On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal.
Resource
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Ostend Manifesto
Ostend Manifesto, is a communication from three U.S. diplomats to Secretary of State William L. Marcy, advocating U.S. seizure of Cuba from Spain. The incident marked the high point of the U.S. expansionist drive in the Caribbean in the 1850s.
Bleeding Kansas
Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas. This was led by John Brown, a violent radical abolistionist, and involved James Buchanan, the president, and Stephen Douglas, Democratic senator.
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution is the war for independence for Texas from Mexico. They succeeded in the independence and formed the Republic of Texas. One of the main figure who led the Texas Revolution was the general, Sam Houston. He served as the first and thrid president of the republic and was one of the two individuals who represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.
Resource
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, by Henry Clay, a Whig, and Stephan Douglas, a Democrat, had several parts. They included California being admitted as a free state and the borders of Texas being settled, with areas ceded by Texas becoming the recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah.
Confederate States of America
The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment, which was signed and approved by the Senate and Abraham Lincoln, it said that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
Gadsden Purhase
The Gadsden Purchase, signed by James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
Dred Scott Decision
In this case, it was about Dred Scott, an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom, and the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. The opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory.