Important Events Before and During The Civil War

By zackattack3

  • Missouri Compromise is created

    Missouri Compromise is created

  • Compromise of 1850 is created

    Compromise of 1850 is created

  • Fugitive Slave Act is passed

    Fugitive Slave Act is passed

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

    Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

  • Dredd Scott Decision in the Supreme Court

    Dredd Scott Decision in the Supreme Court

  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • South Carolina secedes from the United States

    South Carolina secedes from the United States

  • Abraham Lincoln takes office

    Abraham Lincoln takes office

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation proclamation goes into effect

    Emancipation proclamation goes into effect

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Sherman's March to sea

    Sherman's March to sea

  • Confederacy Surrenders at Appomattox

    Confederacy Surrenders at Appomattox

  • Abraham Lincoln is assasinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assasinated

  • Reconstruction Begins

    Reconstruction Begins