Unit 5 timeline

  • fugitive slave act

    stated that if a ran away slave was captured it was to be taken back to its owner. it was meant for free states to return run away slaves back to there masters. the law penalized people that did not return the run away slaves
    https://www.wikipedia.org/
  • uncle toms cabin published

    it was a book that was supposed to make people feel bad about what they are doing with slaves. many southerners were mad about the book they said that it was spreading misleading information.
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  • kansas-nebraska act

    it allowed people that lived in Kansas and Nebraska to allow slavery in within there borders. the ac repealed the compromise of 1829 which prohibited slavery north.
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  • election of 1860

    they chose Lincoln as one of the confidants his criticism to slavery made him very popular in the north.in the end they two sides split north wanted Stephen and the south wanted john.
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  • battle at fort Sumter

    the battle was the first in the civil war. the outcome of the war was the confederates won.
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  • monitor vs. the Merrimack

    the monitor sunk tow ships and ran one onto shore in the end the monitor sunk.
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  • battle of shiloh

    it was the bloodiest battle in american history. the two sides were fighting over the pitsburg landing.
    https://www.wikipedia.org/
  • emancipation proclamation

    it stated that when a slave ran away it was legally free.
    https://www.wikipedia.org/
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    the confederates attacked northern teritory.
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  • Surrender at Appomattox

    one of the last battles of the american civil war.
    https://www.wikipedia.org/
  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    president Lincoln was assassinated by john wilk booth at fords theater
    https://www.wikipedia.org/
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    nobody shall be dully conicted of a crime