Unit 5 Timeline (Crigger's Class, 2nd Hour)

By 4380128806
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act

    This was passed by the Compromise of 1850, only four people voted against it.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    This book was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe and helped "lay the groundwork for the civil war"
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas and Nebraska were now allowed to decide whether or not to have slavery between their borders.
  • Election Of 1860

    Election Of 1860

    This was the election that our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln won.
  • The Battle At Fort Sumter

    The Battle At Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter surrendered after being bombarded!
  • The Monitor VS. The Merrimack

    The Monitor VS. The Merrimack

    Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the ironclad duel of the 19th century: In which The Monitor lost because it wrecked, so...we have a winner!
  • The Battle Of Shiloh

    The Battle Of Shiloh

    This was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    This document signed by Honest Abe himself, freed all slaves!
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    This is considered the most important battle in the Civil War. Robert E. Lee marched his troops into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where they clashed with the confederates in an all out royale!
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    Robert E. Lee, surrounded with his men, have grown weak. it was surrender or die, so they surrendered.
  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    Assassination of President Lincoln

    John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln while he was watching a play at Ford's Theater.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment

    Although the slaves were free, slavery had not been abolished. but this did the trick.