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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a debate of how the land chose if they wanted slavery or not, or if everyone should get to choose for themselves.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that delegated “popular sovereignty”, which allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders.
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The election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the republicans to be the President of the United States.
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The Battle at Fort Sumter was a battle near Charleston, South Carolina that started the Civil War.
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The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack is noted as history's first first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle of the Civil War fought in southwestern Tennessee. The Confederates launched a surprise attack and won this battle.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an order given by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
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The Battle of Gettysburg is known as the turning point in the Civil War. The Union defeated the Confederates ending General Lee's attempt to invade the North.
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The Thirteenth Ammendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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The Surrender at Appomattox was the final battle before the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union.
