- The US Divided-The US divided because President Lincoln was elected president so the south felt betrayed and South Carolina seceded from The Union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Lousiana and Texas.
- John Brown-He was a man of action and an abolitionist. Led 21 men to raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry thinking it would cause the slaves to rebel and fight back, his plan didn't work. Within 36 hours of attack most of his men and himself were captured and killed.
- Bleeding Kansas-(1854-1858) was a time wgen Kansas civillian were fighting to determine if the Kansas territory would be free or slaved.
- William Cullen Bryant-Bryant was a lawyer by training, after 10 years he was tired of his profession and moved to New York City. He signed on as a editorial assistant with the New York Evening Post, eventually becoming part owner and editor in chief. Bryant used the Post to express what he believed in among free trade, free speech and the abolition of slavery. He was a leader of the anti-slavery Free Soil Movement within the Democratic Party he was one of the founders of the Republican Party. Also, an early political backer of Abraham Lincoln and a supporter of the Union during the Civil War.
- Dred Scott-Dred Scott, a slave lived in a free state of Illinois and Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri. Scott appealed to the Supreme Court hoping to be granted his freedom. Unfortunately, the court overruled his plea and said Scott was property and not a citizen.
- Battle of Bull Run-Also known as The First Battle of Manassas, was founded in Virginia, miles from Washington DC. The Union attacked a great amount of confederate troops.
- General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant-Lee surrendered all 28,000 of his troops to Grant; by doing this it ended the Civil War.