Unit 5 timeline

Unit Five Timespan

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1865

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-actsThe Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the compromise of 1850 between southern slave hodling interests and Northern free soilers.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed people in the teritories of Kansas and Nabraska to decide for themselves wether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860)
The Election o 1860 was served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Cilvil War.

Battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter)
The Battle at Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, that started The Cilvil War.

The Monitor vs The Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

[dictionary.reference.com/browse/monitor+versus+merrimack](dictionary.reference.com/browse/monitor+versus+merrimack)
A navel engagement of The Civil War that was fought in 1862.

The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh)
It was a major battle in the Western Theater of The American Civil War.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

[www.chegg.com/...help/definitions/emancipation-proclamation-43](www.chegg.com/...help/definitions/emancipation-proclamation-43)
President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under union control.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

[www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg](www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg)
The most important engagement of the American Civil War.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Apr 8, 1864

[en.wikipedia.org/.../Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_Stat...](en.wikipedia.org/.../Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_Stat...)
Abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime.

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House)
One of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army.