Bryan's Top Ten: Civil War by Bryan Alejandre

September 1850, Missouri Compromise of 1850

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:09:07 UTC

I think this event was politically important because of how it affected those who lived in Missouri who were slave owners. Henry Clay crafted and advocated for this compromise because he is the one who created and founder of this compromise/law. A senator that's named Stephen A. Douglas was also apart of this Compromise and what he did to make this politically important was he secured all the votes for this law and balancing free and slave states. The Compromise also establish a 36'30 line to prohibit slavery in the north territories of the Louisiana purchase. A bad part of this law was it created a debate throughout the nation of a expansion of slavery it good so bad it divided the nation.

May 30, 1854-1861, Kansas Nebraska Act (Bleeding Kansas)

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:11:34 UTC

Bleeding Kansas was politically important because it uncover the deep national divisions over slavery and showed that popular sovereignty letting settlers decide whether allow slavery or not. This event was pretty much all about freedom and slavery people fighting for their freedom and rights. I think that Bleeding kansas was a bloodshed event and was made it stand out the most was it's violents between the anti and pro slavery settlers and showing how society really splited all because of slavery. The violence also helped the republican party grow more which this party was created to stop the spread of slavery.

October 16,1859, John Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:16:29 UTC

John Brown's raid on Harper Ferry's is politically important because it made many northerners see him as a hero for what he tried to accomplish and southerners saw Brown as a dangerous criminal which made the tensions of slavery more bad and this brought the nation closer to the Civil War. This event also influenced the election of 1860 by the raid made slavery the key issue and helping the Republican party rise in power. This event sharpened the nations divisions over slavery and weakened the chance for compromise and set the stage for the Civil War.

July 21, 1861, The First Bull Run

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:17:01 UTC

The First Bull Run was politically important because this was one of the first battle that happened in the Civil War. President Lincoln at the time order the Union people to go attack the Confederates which General P.G.T. was the commander for the Confederates. Also another reason why the The First Bull Run battle was politically important because it ended the widespread belief in the North and South that the war would be short and easily won. The Confederates have won and this created even more chaos with the Union and which led on more with the Civil War.

July 1-3, 1861, Gettysburg

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:17:22 UTC

The Battle of Gettysburg was politically important because it ended the Confederacy's final attempt to invade the North, ended its best hope of winning the war, and bolstered Union morale. The victory also gave President Lincoln the platform to deliver his famous Gettysburg address which reframed the war's purpose as a struggle for equality and the preservation of a democratic government. The Battle of Gettysburg was politically important because it ended the Confederacy's final attempt to invade the North, ended its best hope of winning the war, and bolstered Union morale. This battle marked the turning point in the Civil War, shifting the momentum toward the Union forces.

September 17, 1862, Antietam

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-07 17:17:44 UTC

The Antietam battle was politically important because the battle marked the first invasion of the North by the Confederacy and gave President Abraham Lincoln the strategic victory. Another reason why this was politcally important because this battle was one of the most bloodiest battle during the Civil War. What made this so bloody was the advance technology they had during this war and the terrible decison making the Confederacy was making. This battle was one of the worst battle in US history due to it immense single casualties and being the bloodiest.

December 24 1865, Ku Kluk klan (KKK)

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-08 17:19:40 UTC

The Ku Klux Klan aka (KKK) was politically important because it had a big impact on U.S politics and race nations during the Reconstruction era. After the Civil War this clan was created to target colored people but they also targeted the whites too. They scared black men voters and scared them to vote for who the members go for and if they didn't they will target them and make them scared for not obeying them.

1865-1866, Black Codes

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-13 05:02:05 UTC

Black coded were politcally important because it was a laws they were passed by for Black people can not vote. This shows that who ever created this law are abusing their power to be unfair and not it did not hold Americans founding values. This were a direct attempt by Southern states to undermine federal Reconstruction efforts and reassert white supremacy by legally restricting the freedom of formerly enslaved people. Their passage angered many in Congress which directly led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment.

June 13, 1866 , 14th amendment

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-13 05:02:14 UTC

The 14th amendment was politically important because this gave enslaved people citizenship and equal civil legal rights. This also granted to all the new borns from America this rights and citizenships. This amendment was crucial during Reconstruction, making Southern states rejoining the Union dependent on ratifying it and ending a system that denied rights and citizenship to formerly enslaved people. It also gave citizens of life, liberty, or property without due process, and guarantees Equal Protection Clause, ensuring all individuals receive equal protection under the law after this amendment was passed.

March 3 1865, Freedman's Bureau

bryan_alejandre1 — 2025-10-13 08:18:53 UTC

The Freedmen's Bureau was politically important because it represented the federal government's first major involvement in social welfare and labor relations established a foundation for civil rights and became a battleground for political control during Reconstruction. On March 3, 1865, Congress passed An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners including newly freed African Americans. The Freedmen's Bureau positively impacted African Americans by providing essential aid like food, shelter, and medical care, and by helping them establish schools and legalize marriages.