Unit 5 TImeline

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    The Civil War

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The Fugitive Slave Act is a compromise of 1850 between-southern-holding intrest and Northern free soldiers.
  • Uncels Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncels Tom's Cabin Published
    This novel is an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book changed the thought of slavery at the time. When Abraham Lincoln meet her he said "So this is the little girl who started the war." that how much she influeneced people thought of slavery.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    This act allowed people within the borders of Kansas and Nebraska if they wanted slavery on there soil, it also repealed the Missouri Compromise.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The Election of 1860 is where Abraham was the election of Lincoln vs mainly Breckinridge and served the impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Fort Sumter was the bombardment of that started the wa. South Carolina said abonded the facility at Charelston.
  • The Monitor Vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor Vs. The Merrimack
    This was a battle mainly envolving the naval of each side. The Confederate was trying to enter Virgina to and go from there but the Union sunk two of there ship and was about to go to the third one but it fleed to safety.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    The Battle of Shiloh was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, it was a major battle of the west were the Confederate was pushing back the Union forces back but was then stop by Buell's forces.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation was that it freeded 3 million enslaved slaves to become free. It was suppose to be a sign of strength by the Union sideinstead of being a act of depression.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg is the battle were most people had died. Lee the comander of the confederate forces tried to invaded the North but they could not due to the forces of the Union.
  • The Thirteen Amendment

    The Thirteen Amendment
    The Thriteen Amendment is the amendment that abolishes slavery and invoulntary servitude except for crime reason but even those cant be enourmously cruel.
  • Surrender of Appomattox

    Surrender of Appomattox
    This battle was one of the last battle fought in the Civil War. The Confederate army was hoping to catch up with its North Carolina army, Lee army pushed them back so far that they surrendered in Appomattox court house.
  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    Assassination of President Lincoln
    John W. Bootha a famous actor that sympathized the confederate side shot Abraham Lincoln. He was shot in the Washingto Theatre.