Unit 4 The Civil War / End of Slavery

Battle of San Pasquel

First battle of the Mexican American war trying to take over California

Stephen Wats Kearny

Major U.S army general during the Mexican American war

Gillesie

U.S Marine sent to california to tell intrest of the US

Andres Pico

a Californio state Senator leading Californio forces against the U.S

the Treaty of guadalope

the Treaty that ended the Mexican-american war

The compromise of 1850

California enter the USA as a free state

Harriet Beacher Stowe

Wrote Uncle toms cabin which impacted slavery before the civil war

The fugitive state law

escaped slaves can be arrested in free states

republicans were angry at

the election of Abraham Lincoln

The American Civil war

Lasted 1861-1865

union vs the south

The Anaconda Plan

1. Naval blockade of the South

2. Control of the missisipi river

3. Squeeze the confederacy all sides

The battle of Shiloh

the bloodiest battle of 1862

The battle of Aniteman

23,000 deaths 1862

emanicipation proclamation 1863

declared enslaved people in confederate states free

The battle of Gettysburg (

July 13, 1863 where 51,000 deaths occured and was a major turning point for the union.

April 9, 1865

Lee was captured by Union soldiers in the home of Wilmer Mclean, ending the civil war.