1850s-1860s

1850-1865

Period: Mar 30, 1850 to Mar 30, 1865

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://www.compromise-of-1850.org/fugitive-slave-act-of-1850/The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed the capture and return of runaway slaves to there rightful owners and territories of the United States.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Is Published

Mar 20, 1852

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-publishedThis story was a story about anti-slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-actWas a battle of politics and which state had what land and what borders there were between them.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp When Abraham Lincoln defeated 3 candadates

Battke Of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.htmlThis is where the first shots of the American Civil War were first shot off at and started the war.

The Monitor vs The Merrimack

Mar 8, 1862

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/monitor-merrimack.htmlThese were the two greatest American Naval ship at the time and were the strongest fastes and most well equiped ship that fought battles for the union.

The Battle Of Shiloh

Apr 7, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.htmlThis battle lasted only one day but the confederates attacked a union that was unprepared and pushed them back to "Hornet Nest." The next day they had reinforcments and attacked them the confederates which gave up.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/Abraham Lincoln wrote this to free all 3 million slaves in the south to finally be treated equal and to be finally free.

The Battle Of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.htmlThe battle of Gettysburg was bloody battle and in the end the confederates lost when they tried to attack the union in the center of there army and got over ran and lost.

Surrender At Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htmRobert E. Lee realized that his men had been defeated and that the war was over so he sent notes and on April 9th, 1865 surrendered.

The Assassination Of President Lincoln

Apr 14, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassinationOn April 14, 1865 the United States lost a great man. President Lincoln was shot and assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth a famous actor who lived in the south.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.htmlThis amendment officially ended slavery in the United States and still is being used today and is one of the greatest amendments there are.