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Jalia Perkins Civil War timeline

  • cotton gin was invented

    cotton gin was invented

    the cotton gin was used to help remove the seed form the cotton which would take a long time to do.
  • Morse code invented

    Morse code invented

    helped for faster and better communication
  • Fugitive Slave Law came into affect

    Fugitive Slave Law came into affect

    The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin published

    by Harriet Beecher Stove, this book help many people become abolitionist. Help fire up the war.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    allowed people to vote whether or not to have slavery.
  • The Republican Party supports anti- slavery

    The Republican Party supports anti- slavery

    republican party opposed slavery because on moral grounds.
  • Dred Scott decision

    Dred Scott decision

    it was a court case because Dred Scott wanted to sue his slave master but he couldn't because he was property.
  • Raid on Harper's Ferry

    Raid on Harper's Ferry

    to inspire a slave uprising.lead by John Brown, Robert E. Lee found Brown and his comrades and sentenced them to death.
  • Abe's president/ south Carolina secedes from USA

    Abe's president/ south Carolina secedes from USA

    Lincoln opposed slavery because he felt slavery was wrong
  • Fort Sumter fired upon

    Fort Sumter fired upon

    first shots to the civil war.
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    first major battle in the civil war the south won.
    the north was shocked by the south's strength
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    One of the bloodiest battles in the civil war kill many people on both sides. Union victory.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    All slaves in free states are forever free allowed African American to join the Union Army.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    3 day fight, Lee's troops retreated because he made a mistake on shooting out in a opened feild.
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

    another northern victory that was lead by U. Grant. gained control over Mississippi river.
  • Gettysburg address

    Gettysburg address

    president Lincoln makes a short but powerful speech
    stating how this war is to preserve the Constitution.
  • The End of the Civil War

    The End of the Civil War

    The Civil War ended at Appomattox court house, where general Robert E.Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant. then the Union win the war.