Unit 5 Timeline

  • Comprimise of 1850

    Comprimise of 1850
    The Compromise of 1850 declared California a free state
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin
    When Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin it demanded that slaves be let free.
  • The Kansas Nebraska act

    The Kansas Nebraska act
    In the Kansas Nebraska act was when the government told the territorries of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they would allow slavery.
  • The election of 1860

    The election of 1860
    In the election of 1860 Lincoln won for getting 39.9 percent of the votes.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    In the Battle at Fort Sumter the Confederates made the Union surrender.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    The Battle of Monitor vs. Marrimack started a new era of Naval warfare.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    The Battle of Shiloh was a battle that started when the Confederates overan the Federal army.
  • The Emancipation Proclomation

    The Emancipation Proclomation
    The Emancipation Proclomation declared that all slaves shall be free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg is when the Union regained lost ground from the battles they have lost.
  • The Thirteenth amendment

    The Thirteenth amendment
    The Thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    The Surrender at Appomattox was when the Confederates were out armed and tired and had no choice but to surrender.
  • President Lincoln assasstination

    President Lincoln assasstination
    When President Lincoln was assassinated there was 10,000 Federal troops, detectives, and police on the search for his killer.