Civil war

Fighting for Civil Rights

By aprilramirez
  • Harriet Tuman escaped from slavery and established The Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tuman escaped from slavery and established The Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tuman a abolitionist helped slaves to freedom by using the Underground Railroad. Harret was born as a slave with her family. Physical violince was part of her daily life. Harriet had made a mission to save all families and children. She did not want slaves to suffure what she had suffured.
  • The fugitive Slave Act was established

    The fugitive Slave Act was established

    The Act made all runaway slaves to be captured and reward. When this Act was established citizens named it the "bloodhound Law". Free states were forced to reaturn fugitive slaves.
  • Abraham Linclon is elected president

    Abraham Linclon is elected president

    Abraham was elected the 14th president of the United States. Before Abraham was president he was a self-educated lawyer in illinois. He was the first president from the Republican Party.
  • The South seceded (seperates) and forms a new nation, The Confederate States of America.

    The South seceded (seperates) and forms a new nation, The Confederate States of America.

    The Confederate States of America consisted of the governments of 11 Southern states. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was formed.
  • Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation was designed to help the Union win the Civil War and thus preserve the Union. Lincoln read the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his members. It gave hope to millions of Slaves that a better day would lay ahead.
  • The Civil War ends after the Confederate army surrenders; The Unio wins the war

    The Civil War ends after the Confederate army surrenders; The Unio wins the war

    Confederates surrender after fighting for four years. No government was left to surrender, and the scattered forces of the Confederacy had to surrender or be killed individually.
  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

    Abraham was assasinated five days after the Civil war. By the famouse actor John Wilkes Booth from the Confederate. While watching a play in Washington, D.C.
  • Mark Twain Writes Huckleberry Finn, the tales of a white boy helping a slave escape.

    Mark Twain Writes Huckleberry Finn, the tales of a white boy helping a slave escape.

    An edventurer Mark Twain wrote the adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The book was published in the untited Kingdom. The apperiance of this book is described in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
  • The Civil Rights movement takes place in the US where millions of people fought for equal rights.

    The Civil Rights movement takes place in the US where millions of people fought for equal rights.

    Civil Rights movment takes place in the 1960. Many people within the African American community fought for freedom and equality, including Martin Luther King,Jr, Rosa Parks, Malkolm X,Andrew Goodman, and others. They all risked their lives, and some died, but it was all worth the fight. People started to realize the nonsence and then took action to the nonsence.
  • Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States.

    Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States.

    Obama was born in honolulu Hawaii on august 4, 1961. Obama is known as the first African American to hold the office. Obama is the fourtyfourth president of the United States of America.