Unit 5 timeline

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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The fugutive slave act were a pair of federal laws. It stated that any runaway slave were to be captured and returned to their owner. It was written in 1793, but it was passed in 1850.

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
    This bookis an anti-slavery novel. It sold over 300,000 copies.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    TheKansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to allow slavery in their borders.

  • The Election of 1860

    The Election of 1860
    The election of 1860 brought Abraham Lincoln to office.

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    Thebattle at Fort Sumter took place near Charleston, South Carolina. It took over the cousre of 2 days.

  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    Boatswere a big transportation back in the day.

  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    <a
    href='http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/' >The</a> Battle of Shiloh was fought in Tennessee. It is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    WhenLincoln issued the Proclaimation, the Civil War had been in it's third bloody year. It stated that "All persons held as slaves shall be set free".

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    TheBattle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3. It lead up to Abraham Lincoln's death.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    TheThirteenth Admendment abolished slavery stating that "Neither Slavery or involuntary service unless permitted by crime".

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    Surrender at the Appomattox took place after 4 years of over 630,000 deaths and one million casualites.

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Abrahamand Mary Lincoln made their way to the play, neither of them knew only one of them would make it out alive. John Wilkes Booth had come up with a plan (or lack there of) to kill Abraham by shooting him in the back of the head.