My Top Ten Timeline Project by Cameron De Hoop

March 3, Missouri Compromise of 1820

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-03 19:16:10 UTC

The Missouri Compromise made states above the 36 30 parallel line free states. The Missouri Compromise had a Political significance because it temporary relieved conflict between the North and South. It prevented the South from breaking away at the time and was a major root of sectionalism. It separated the North and South even more since it said that states above the 36 30 parallel if free white the ones below are slave state. The division through North America backfired and ultimately increased the amount of tension between the North and South.

September 18, Fugitive Slave Act 1850

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-07 16:21:25 UTC

The Fugitive slave act had a social and a political significance due to it intensifying sectionalism and stopping the abolitionists in the North from being able to help slaves. Northern abolitionists were not able to really help them since they would have to go back to their owners if they tried getting into the free states. This provoked outrage within the North because they had to assist in capture for runaway slaves and it pushed the nation to war.

November 6, Election of 1860

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-07 16:23:09 UTC

The Election of 1860 had a very big social and political significance because it was the election that President Lincoln won. Lincoln's win of the Election of 1860 was good and bad at the same time, as Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery westward but the South didn't like that a anti-slavery guy was president.

July 1, 1863, Battle of Gettysberg

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 03:55:36 UTC

April 19-Union Naval Blockade

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 04:05:02 UTC

February 9, 1825, Corrupt Bargain

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 04:09:20 UTC

The Corrupt Bargain had a big political significance because of how the Union made a bargain with the Confederates. When neither one of the candidates reached the required amount of votes to win, the Union made a deal with the Confederates. The deal was that John Quincy Adams was going to become President and that the Confederates

March 3, 1865, Freedmen's Bureau

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 04:15:37 UTC

1865-1867

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 18:42:20 UTC

13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are passed as a way to grant more rights to Blacks in the U.S.

Compromise of 1877

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 18:42:25 UTC

Ended the reconstruction era, but racial struggles persist throughout the rest of the 19th and into the mid 20th century.

Technological Advances

cameron_dehoop — 2025-10-10 18:42:36 UTC

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