History

fugitive slave act

Sep 18, 1850

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
The act where states forced slaves to go back to their masters.

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp
It seperated two parts of America.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.aspThe election where Abraham lincoln and John, C Breckinridge where going for presidential election.

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.htmlA general attacked fort sumter and forced them out.

• The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
Where a group wanted to show off their naval army to who they were attacking.

• The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html
When commander gen lead 40000 soldiers through the woods and that threatened Ulysses S. Grants command.

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/A contract that stated that slaves within their states were free.

• The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
It was victory over union forces

• The Thirteenth Amendment

Apr 8, 1864

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
The tirthteen amendment was created to free slaves.

• Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm The general's army was surrounded and weak and was forced to surrender.