Unit 5 Timeline

Unit 5 timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1865

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 15, 1850

history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-actsThe Fugiutive Slave Act allowed Americans to return runaway slaves and it punished the people who helped the slves runaway.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-actCreated the territories of Kansaa and Nebraska allowing people to settle there but it could be free or it could be a slave state.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

ushistory.org/us/32d.aspushistory.org/us/32d.asp The U.S.elected Abraham Lincoln.

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

battlefields/fort-sumter.html First major battle of the civil war.

Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

Mar 8, 1862

american-civil-war Thsi battle was history's first duel.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 7, 1862

battlefields/shiloh.html This was the bloodest battle of the civil war.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

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The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves.

The battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

battlefields/gettysburg.html</a> The north pushed back southern resistance.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

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The Thirteenth Amendment officially abolished slavery.

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house General Robert Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865.