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The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, creating two new territories known as Nebraska and Kansas. It was first published on May 30th of 1854, allowing those living in both territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery. It caused a violent uprise known as "Bleeding Kansas", people antislavery and proslavery coming into Kansas wanting their side to win the vote.

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Dred Scott was a slave who had unsuccessfully sued for freedom for him, his wife and two daughters. It took a decade to decide, the Supreme Court making their decision on March 6, 1857. Scott spend two years in Illinois, a free state with his owner before returning to Missouri, a slave state. They ruled his time there didn't make him free, further ruling he couldn't bring suit because he was a black man. The decision shocked abolitionists and caused a further divide between the North and South.

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The Battle of Antietam was a day-long battle on September 17, 1862 in Sharpsburg and Washington County, Maryland. The battle was considered a loss on both sides due to the amount of people who died, and is considered one of the deadliest battles in American history. However, the battle gave Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people if confederate states didn't return to the Union.

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The Battle of Vicksburg was a win for both the Union and Confederacy, taking place on the Mississippi River from May 18th to July 4th. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union, splitting the South in two. This was all part of the Union's Anaconda Plan to cut off outside trade to the Confederacy.

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Ratified on December 6th of 1865, the 13th Amendment was what abolished slavery once and for all. It stated "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", and coincided with the 14th and 15th amendments.

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The Civil War's official end was on April 9th, 1865 in Appomattox, Virginia, where Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 confederate troops to the Union General, Ulysses S. Grant. This was to prevent any unnecessary destruction towards the South, which was successful.