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Civil War Timeline

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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    California becomes a free state. The southwest territories get to decide the issue of slavery.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Resulted in popular sovereignty
  • Lincoln's election

    Lincoln's election

    Immediately following Lincoln's election, the southern states seceeded.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Began the Civil War
  • Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run

    Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run

    First major battle of the Civil War
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Changed the focus of the Civil War to freeing the slaves
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

    South was divided and the Union gained control of the Mississippi River
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    Turning point of the Civil War
    North repels Lee's invasion
  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House

    Lee surrenders to Grant