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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, to all the fugitive slaves returned to the owners.
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This book was a book all the fugitives would read because it is against slavery.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Elected President, Abraham Lincoln, Republican. The United States presidentisl election of 1860 was the 19th presidential election.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Shiloh , was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his army to General Grant.
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Lincoln was the 16th president and assinated by an unknow person.
