-
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress for the Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. Lots of slaves escaped to the North, making slavery an unstable institution in the border states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
The uncle tom's cabin published is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. He made 300,00 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, "So this is the little lady who made that big war." https://www.google.com/search?q=Uncle+Tom%E2%80%99s+Cabin+Published&oq=Uncle+Tom%E2%80%99s+Cabin+Published&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1553j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether of not to allow slavery within their borders, http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
In the American Presidential in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge, Democrat Stephen A. The party, which had formed only in the 1850s, was largely opposed to the extension of slavery in the U.S. territories.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Election+of+1860&* -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The battle at fort Sumter on April 12 at 4:30 the Confederate fired on Fort Sumter and continued for 34 hours. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?tab=facts -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack during the American Civil War in 1861-65 was history's first duel between ironclad warships. https://www.google.com/search?q=Uncle -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh became one of the bloodiest engagements of the war, and the level of violence shocked North and South alike. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#safe=strict&q=who+won+the+battle+of+shiloh&* -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It had the practical effect that as soon as a slave escaped the control of the Confederate government, by running away or through advances of federal troops, the slave became legally free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment passed by congress January 31, 1865, and ratified December 6, 1865. The 13th Amendment is important because it abolished slavery in all American states. It was a change to the basic and most important laws that govern the United States. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm -
Assassination of President Lincoln
A actor John Wilkes Booth entered the Presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html -
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
