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fugitive slave act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. -
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uncle tom's cabin published
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. -
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack during the American Civil War was history's first duel between ironclad warships. -
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, in southwestern Tennessee. -
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The emancipation proclamation
The emancipation proclamation was a presidential proclamation and a executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. -
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the battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
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the 13 amendment
the 13 amendment to the constitution declared that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude , except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
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surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865 it was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
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assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox