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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave ActThis act allowed for slaves to be captured and returned within the territory of the United States. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Uncle Tom’s Cabin PublishedThis is a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it is an anti-slavery novel. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska ActThis act was passed for the people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery allowed, and it also repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860This was the presidential election of 1860, where presdient Abraham Lincoln was elected. It also started the prcoess of the American Civil War. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle at Fort SumterThis battle started the Civil War and was the attack and surrender of Fort Sumter, which was close the Charleston, South Carolina. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The MerrimackIt was one of most important naval battles during the Civil War. The battle was the efforts of the Confederates trying to break the Union Blockade. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of ShilohThis battle was a major battle of the Civil War. The Confederate Soilders were ambushing the Union Army. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation ProclamationThis document was issued by Abraham Lincoln, and forever changed the federal status of slaves. Enslaved slaves in designated areas in the South were freed. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of GettysburgThis was another battle of the Civil War against the Union and the Confederates. Many soilders were killed, wounded, captured, or listed as missing. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender at AppomattoxThis battle was fought at the Appomattox Court House, and was one of the last battles of the Civil War. It was the Unions versus the Confederates and the battle ended with Robert E. Lee surrendering to the Union. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Assassination of President Lincoln
Lincoln was at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., were he was fatally shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolish slavery within the United States. It states, "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."
