My Top Ten: Civil War by Joshua Contreras

March 6, 1820, Missouri Compromise of 1820

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:13:42 UTC

I chose this event because of its political and social significance. The political influence comes from its temporary preservation of peace between free and slave states. It established a barrier between the two sides which was able to descelate the situation dividing the country. The social significance is because it brought some peace between the two sides.

March 6, 1857, Dred Scott Decision

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:14:54 UTC

This event had significant due to its social influence because it ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens of the U.S. It ruled that a specific group of people who were in the U.S were unable to become citizens. This affected their place socially as they were seen as less because they were unable to become citizens. It also had some political significance as the decision to do this was ruled by the Supreme Court which is a political body of the U.S.

May 30, 1854 - January 29, 1861, Kansas Nebraska Act "Bleeding Kansas"

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:15:01 UTC

I chose this event because of its political and social significance. The political influence is because the pro-slavery and anti slavery people were fighting eachother to make Kansas a slave/free state. They both wanted to increase the influence of their side which resulted in a lot of bledshed among the two sides. The social influence of the event is because it increased tensions among the two sides of this conflict.

July 1, 1863 - July 3, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:15:49 UTC

This event had significant political influence as it was a very major battle among the North vs South. It was the largest battle in the war and had the highest death count within the American Civil war. It also contained a high amount of social significance because it was mainly being fought on the existence of slavery within the country.

Januarary 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:16:04 UTC

This event contains a lot of political significance as it was issued by President Abraham Lincoln that was supposed to free the slaves in the south. It took 2 years to reach the slaves in the south and the date it arrived is now a national holiday called Juneteenth on June 19. The proclamation the changed the to being a war to abolish slavery in the United States.

April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865, Railroads & Telegraph

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:16:37 UTC

This event hold a lot of technological and intellectual significance as it was a big part of why the North was able to win the war. It give them the ability to regather troops and give supplies to the front lines. The telegraph had a lot of intellectual significance. The telegraph played a big role in communication throughout the North. It allowed for communication between the front lines and back home. This is very helpful as intellegience and knowledge play a part of warfare.

December 6, 1865, July 9, 1868, February 3, 1870 | 13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendment

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:18:56 UTC

These events contain large political and social influence. They politically were articles added to our constitution in which the Senate agreed upon. It socially was able to abolish slavery and other involuntary work, give citizenship to people born in America, and gave the freedmen voting rights. It gave the freedmen numerous rights that they had not yet had before then.

March 3, 1865 - November 1872, Freedmen Bureau

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:19:28 UTC

This event has large social influence. It was able to help the Freedmen with education, clothing, and shelter. It provided the socially new people who were living in the country with basic things that were able to help them out with surviving. It gave the freedmen a chance to have all these new things after their newly acquired freedom from slavery. It politically was a government agency which sought to help the freedmen get their lives on track.

1866, Rise of the Ku Klux Klan

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:20:15 UTC

This event had huge political and social influence. Its political influence was that the KKK was able to stop freedmen from voting using scare tactics and intimidation. It also was a group that were lynching people that they did not like or agree with to stop them voting. The event socially suppressed the rights of the freedmen and committed violent acts against minorities. It went against the civil rights that the freedmen were receiving and seemed to oppose them.

Election of 1876 (Compromise of 1877)

joshua_contreras1 — 2025-10-06 16:20:45 UTC

This event a lot of political influence as it was the election between the two presidential candidates. The Republican would attempt to get a deal among the two sides in which the republicans got the presidency, but the democrats got something else in return. The democrats re-established home rule and race control in return for the presidency. This is why it also shares social value as it allowed for segragation in the south to occur as this marked the end of reconstruction.