Unit 5 timeline

Fugitive Slave Act

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1865

Fugitve Slave Act

Sep 15, 1850

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published

Jun 5, 1851

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/

Kansas-Nebraska act

May 30, 1854

http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860This was the 19th quadrenial presidental election

The battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter

The Monitor vs The Merrimack

Mar 8, 1862

https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&biw=1280&bih=879&noj=1&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=The+monitor+vs+the+merrimack&oq=The+monitor+vs+the+merrimack&gs_l=img.3..0i30.96959.106190.0.106764.30.29.1.0.0.0.146.1886.25j4.29.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.29.1831.OklGU82_VAc#imgrc=UL6bejsfiQt40M%3A

the Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

The Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

The Battle of Gettysberg

Jul 1, 1863

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg

Surrender at Appromattox

Apr 9, 1865

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm

The Assasination of President Lincoln

Apr 15, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination

the 13th Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified