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Civil War

By abbie Evans
  • Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Tubman would help slaves escape to free land
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act

    Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown was an abolitionist, him and his supporters raided Harpers Ferry of weapons that would be useful in the war
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    19th presidential election and the first time a republican president was elected
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston and South Carolina from naval invasion. It was still incomplete in the Civil War and severely damaged afterwards.
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    Formed by seven slave states.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

    Battle between The Union and The Confederacy
  • Jefferson Davis elected

    Jefferson Davis elected

    Elected President on the Confederate States
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Presidential Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war.
  • Gettysburg Battle

    Gettysburg Battle

    Largest number of casualties in the war
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Military Campaign of the Civil War conducted through Georgia
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    Abolished Slavery
  • Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

    Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

    Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Assassinated while attending a play by John Wilkes
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Everyone who is born in the U.S is a U.S citizen
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    States can't deny a citizen's right to vote based because of race