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Important Events Before and During the Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise is created

    Missouri Compromise is created

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

  • 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

  • Dred Scott decision in the Supreme Court

    Dred 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 the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox

    Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox

  • Reconstruction begins

    Reconstruction begins

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated