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http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave hunters, to capture slaves and send them back to their owners. There was a penalty to anyone who aided the African Americans. There were many punishments under law for any African American who escaped. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published
This was a anit-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This novel sold 300,000 novels in the first three months. The novel was so widley read that even Abraham Lincoln ended up meeting Harriet. -
http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
This was a bill that mandated popular sovereignty. This bill caused many riots wiht the slavery and anit slavery people, in a time period known as bleeding Kansas. -
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
Democrates and Republicans were arguing over slavery. The democrates wanted slavery and wanted to beat the "Black Republicans" becasue they supported anit-slavery. The Republican Abraham Lincoln won the election. -
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?tab=facts
Anderson moved his troops to Fort Sumter,but got attacked a couple of days after. When attacked he didn't return fire until after being attacked for two hours. He finally surrendered after three days. -
http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
In the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, it was the Confederate Merrimack vs the Union Monitor. They both were ironclads warships. The Monitor destroyed the Merrimack. -
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
Confederate soldiers poured into the woods near the Tennesse River, attacking Union Soldiers. This attack threated the command of Ulysses S. Grant. The Union won the battle after two days of fighting. -
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
The Emancipation Proclamation was a document written by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves that were under the Confederate Army. It did not say anything about the Union because there were some states of the Union that had slaves. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg is considerd the most important engagement of the Civil War. The Confederates had the upper hand at the beginning but eventually failed in piercing Union lines and ended up retreating. -
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
At the surrender at Appomattox General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 25,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This act ending the bloody war. -
http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
After winning the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate supporter John Wilkes Booth. The assassination occured in Ford's Theatre. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
On December 6 1865 the 13th amendment was finally ratified. This amendment abolished slavery.
