Important Events Before and during the Civil War

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  • Missiouri Compromise is created

    Missiouri Compromise is created

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

  • Fugitive Slave Act passed

    Fugitive Slave Act passed

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act signed into law

    Kansas-Nebraska Act signed into law

  • Dred Scott decision in Supreme Court

  • John Browns Raid on Harper Lee

    John Browns Raid on Harper Lee

  • South Carolina Seceds from the Untited States

    South Carolina Seceds from the Untited States

  • Abraham Lincoln takes office

    Abraham Lincoln takes office

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of 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 og Vicksburg

    Battle og Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Shermans March to the Sea

    Shermans March to the Sea

  • Reconstruction Begins

    Reconstruction Begins

  • Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox

    Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox

  • Abraham Lincoln is assasinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assasinated