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Unit 5 Timeline
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Fugative Slave Act
The Fugative Slave act required that all escaped slaves were upon capture, to be returned to there masters and that officals and state citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. It was between Abraham Lincoln and John C. Breckinridge -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton Roads -
The Battle of Shiloh
Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The battle of Gettysburg
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. The battle was fought in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. -
Surrender at Appomattox
After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
