american history 1850-1865

150-1865

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1865

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
The fugitive slave act was passed on September 18, 1850, as part of the compromise of 1850 between southern slave-holding interests and northern free-soilers.

Uncle toms cabin published

Mar 20, 1852

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published
the novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when Abraham Lincoln met stowe in 1862 he said "So this is the little lady who made this big war."

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people of kansas and nebraska to decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery insid theirt borders.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
The united states presidental election of 1860was the 19th quadrennial presidentail election. the election served as the imediat impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

Battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 14, 1861

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter
The battle of fort sumter was a bombardment and surrender of fort sumter, that started the american civil war.

the Monitor vs. The Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads
The march 9, 1862 battle between the monitor and the merrimack durring the american civil war was histories first dule between ironclad warships.

The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 7, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the western theaterof the american civil war fought in southern tennessee.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by president abraham lincoln that changed the federal leagul status of 3 milliion enslaved persons in the designated areas of the south.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
The battle of gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the american civil war.

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
confederate generial Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to union general Ulysses S.Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean'shome in appomattox court house, virginia effectibly ending the war.

Assassination of President Lincoln

Apr 14, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
John wilkes Booth, a famouse actor and confederait sympathiser fatialy shot president lincoln at a play at fords theater in washington D.C.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery inthe united states.