Unit 5 Timeline

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    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.
    https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    This was a agreement between the slaves and the free.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    This book is an anti-slavery book.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    This act allowed the residents in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they wanted to have slaves or not.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The election where Abraham had won against the democrat John C. Breckinridge.
  • Battle of Fort Sumpter

    Battle of Fort Sumpter
    It was the battle that started the Civil War and resulted with the U.S. army surrendering.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
  • The Monitor vs. the Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. the Merrimack
    Was a battle between two warships named the Monitor and the Merrimack
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Major battle of the Western Theater in the Civil War.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    President Lincoln issued a major order.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    A battle between the Union and the Confederates at the town of Gettysburg.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    One of the last battles of the Civil War fought at the Appomattox Court House.
  • Assassination of Lincoln

    Assassination of Lincoln
    Lincoln had been assassinated at a theater while he was watching a play.