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Fugitive Slave Act
www.history.com The fugitive slave acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the terriory of the United States. -
Uncle Tom's cabin Published
www.history.com Uncle Tom's cabin Published was an anit-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
www.history.com The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the terriotries of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Election of 1860
www.ushistory.org The Election of 1860 served as the emmidiate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
www.history.com The Battle at Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charelston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
www.history.comThe Battle between the Monitor and te Merrimack during the American Civil War. -
The Battle of Shiloh
www.civilwar.org One morning on April 6,1862 the Confederate Army of the Mississippi under Johnston launched an attack on Maj. Gen. Grant's army of the Tennessee near Pittsburg Landing. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
www.history.com The Emmancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
www.history.com The Battle of Gettysburg was fouhgt in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
www.history.com The Thirteenth Amendment was the Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
Surrender at Appomattox
www.history.com The surrender at Appomattox in 1865 was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
www.americaslibrary.gov The assassination of president lincoln was shortly after 10 pm when John Wilkes Booth entered the presidents booth and shot him in the head.
