History Timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive slave act was a pair of laws that allowed the capture and return of run away slaves in the United States.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    It was the act to see which states would alow slavery into their borders.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    Was when Lincoln became president but almost no one in the south voted for him.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

    The Battle at Fort Sumter was the bomderment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    Was a battle were 23,ooo were injured or killed but at the time was one of the bloodest battles in America History.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    Was a new law within the area all the slaves held captive shall be granted freedom.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    Was a battle that last three days with a great tradigy with a estimated 51,000 soldeirs that were killed.
  • \The Thirteenth Amendment

    \The Thirteenth Amendment

    The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery giving slaves freedom.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    When general Robert E. Lee relized he was surround he had two choices, blood or guilt. So he surrendered his army to Genral Grant.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    Was the first duel between first inclined war ship and was the start of a new era of naval warfare.