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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of a group of laws called the "Compromise of 1850". The law stated that runaway slaves were able to be captured and returned to slave territory -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book changed the way that Americans saw the subject of slavery. -
http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
The Kansas Nebraska act was an law declaring the states could choose if they were pro slavery or no. -
About the Election
During the 1860 election things were tense.The future president's stand on the issue of slavery could majorly effect the country, soon after the election some of the southern states left and formed the Confederate States. -
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
The Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor were commanded to open fire on Sumter. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads
This event was the first dual between iorn clad ships. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh the battle began when the general Ulysses S. Grant. of the Confederates launched a attack on the Union. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
A document that declared all slaves free. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
After a victory at Chancellorville over the Union, Robert E. Lee marched his troops to Northern Viginia and clashed with the Confederates. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
General Robert E. Lee and his 28,000 troops surrndered to General Ulysses S. Grant. -
http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
President Lincoln was shot in the back of the head while watching a play with his wife by John Wilks Booth. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
When this Amendment was ratified it stated that no man was able to be kept as property and they were to be set free.
