Unit 5 Timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    This time was when slaves were runing away and if they were caught they would return to the USA and be punished.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    This is a book made my Harriet Beecher Stowe that talks about the Civil War and Beecher is also an anit-slavery and he got his book published.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    They were both deciding whether or not if they can have slaves in their state because of slavery.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    This is the day of who will become president between Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Bell, John Breckinridge.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    This is the battle who will take South Calorina and the confederate army won the battle and it was commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard. This war lasted for another 2 days and they did a lot of damage.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    This is the battle when these two fought for the navy and wanted to see whos ship was better.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    This war was one of the battles for the Civil War and it changed almost everything.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    The "The Emancipation of Proclamation" was when president Abraham Lincoln made it where the slaves in the south would be free but it didn't made the slaves in the north be free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    This was during the battle of teh American Civil War and it was a trajic battle it had fought.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    This battle was one of the last battle of the American Civil War.
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated because he was freeing the slaves and some people didn't want that so they assassinated him and he was also the 16th president of the United States.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    The Thirteenth Amendment is when you can't have slaves and you let all the slaves to be free and this was made when the Civil War endend.