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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Law was passed by the United States, as part of the compromise of 1850 between Sourthrn Slave holding intrests and northren free soilders. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Election of 1860
The United States Presidental Election of 1860, was the 19th quadrennial presendital election. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War, also lasted from April 12-14 of 1861. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862 -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War. They fought From April 6-7 of 1862 in Southwestern Tennesse. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
In a single stroke, it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the South from "slave" to "free". -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Geetysburg was from the 1-3 of July in 1863, around the town of Gettysburg, Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the final battles of the American Civil War. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment Stopped Slavery in the United States Quoted "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
