Before the civil war

  • • Fugitive Slave Act

    •	Fugitive Slave Act
    <a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts' > The fugitive slave was voted in in Sept 18, 1850.
  • • Kansas Nebraska Act

    •	Kansas Nebraska Act
    This created the kansas and nebraska territories
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    This was the election that abraham lincoln won.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    This is the start of the cicil war.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    It was a naval engagment
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses Grant’s entire command.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    This document did not end slavery
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    This was considered the most important battle in the civil war.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    This was when the confederets surrenered.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    This document outlawed slavery and unvoulintary surveitude