Unit 5

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published

Mar 20, 1852

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860

Battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads

The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html

The Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation

The Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
The thirteeth amendment is about how they abolish slavery.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 18, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Assassination of President Lincoln

Apr 15, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination