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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, as part of the Compromise of 1850, between Southern slave-holding interests and the Northern free soilers.
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https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/ This book ultimately changed how Americans viewed slavery, and was featured in the National Era, in a serial format.
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http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens from Kansas or Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery within their borders.This did not go well with pro-slavery people, and people started to kill others. Eventually, however,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860 The Election of 1860 was when Abe Lincoln was elected President. Abraham Lincoln had 180 electoral votes and 1,865,908 of the popular vote.
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html On April 12, 1861, General Beauregard led the Confederate forces around the Charleston Harbor, and attacked the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. The next morning, Major Robert Anderson surrendered.
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http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack The Monitor was captained by Lieutenant John Worden.The Merrimack was captained by Commodore Franklin Buchanan. These two ships+captains went into battle with each other for around 8-12:00 p.m. with the Virginia (Merrimack) claiming victory.
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ On April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers ambushed a line of Union soldiers near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was a decree made by Abraham Lincoln, that required the Southern slave-holding states to surrender, and release the slaves.
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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg started on July 1, 1863, when Lee was still chasing down the Confederates army. It ended on July 3, 1863, with Lee's army claiming victory.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery or any kind of servitude, and was declared by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html On April 9, 1865, after continuously being cut off from the south, General Lee, headed west. They eventually were surrounded at the McLean House, and surrendered.
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http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination Lincoln wasn't exactly loved by all after the Emancipation Proclamation. He was assassinated on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth. Booth was eventually caught on April 26, after threatening to set a farmhouse on fire (I watched this on the History channel!)
