civil war timeline

By Gushee
  • Fugitive slave act

    Fugitive slave act

    It was federal laws in the United States that required the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners.
  • The compromise of 1850 is passed

    It was a series of five laws passed to ease tensions between the North and South over slavery.
  • Frederick Douglass ¨what to the slave is the forth of july¨

    It was a speech delivered by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester.
  • Uncle toms cabin by Harriet Beecher stowe published

    Uncle toms cabin by Harriet Beecher stowe published

    It is an anti-slavery novel.
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    Kansas Nebraska act

    It repealed the Missouri Compromise, creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowing their residents to decide whether to permit slavery.
  • Bleeding kansas

    It was a period of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1859 over the issue of whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.
  • Dred scott vs. Sandford decision

    Dred scott vs. Sandford decision

    the court ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court.
  • John browns raid on harpers ferry

    It was an attempt by the abolitionist to incite a slave rebellion by seizing the federal armory at Harpers Ferry Virginia. Brown.
  • south carolina secedes

    SC seceded because they thought that Abraham lincoln was a threat to slavery.
  • Abraham Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln elected president

    He was first elected President in 1860 and re-elected in 1864.
  • the confederates states of america is formed

    the confederates states of america is formed

    It was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865.
  • battle of frot sumter

    It was the opening engagement of the American Civil War. Confederate forces bombarded the Union-held fort in Charleston Harbor after the Union garrison refused to surrender.