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Fugitive Slave Act
This event was part of the group of laws reffered to as the "comprise of 1850." This law was also spurred because it was a helpful law that let the slaves be free from slavery and other good things. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people in the territories to decide for themselves whether to or not allow slavery in their border. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was about electing a candidate for their president in that upcoming event. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter was about a battle that took place in Charleston Harbor and went through April 14,1861. This battle had to do with bombs and in the middle of the ocean. -
Monitor vs. the Merrimack
The Monitor vs. the Merrimack was a battle. It was also called Battle of Hampton Roads. The Merrimack was 263-foot and the Monitor was 172-foot. They both had nicknames becasue of that. -
The Battle of Shiloh
It was a 2 day battle at Shiloh and produced more than 23,000 casualties and it was the bloodiest battle of the American History at that time. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclaimation was held by Abraham Lincoln. The emancipation proclamation didn't end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and immagination of millions of americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war. -
The battle of Gettysburg
The battle of gettysburg took place around the 1st of July through the 3rd of July. This battle was fatal because mostly 51,000 were killed, wounded, captured, and even lost because of that. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendement was created right aftert the 14th amendment. The 13th amendment stands for "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party have shall been duly convicted..." -
Surrender at Appomattax
The Surrender at Appomattax was about Robert E. Lee and Army to General Grant meeting at a village with Wilmer McLean at the appomattax courthouse. The meeting they had took was about two and a half hours. And at its conclusion the bloodiest conflict in the nation's history heard at it's end.
