Unit 5 timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

    It was when the colored people in Boston were being warned that the police were acting like slave catchers.
    https://www.britannica.com
  • Uncle Tom's cabin published

    Uncle Tom's cabin published

    It is an anti slavery novel. It helped lay the ground work of the Civil war.
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    This allowed people to decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    This was when Abraham Lincoln defeated the southern democrats.
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The Battle at Fort Sumter

    The Battle at Fort Sumter

    This was the bombardment of the Fort Sumter near Charleston, south Carolina by the confederate states army.
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The Monitor vs. the Marrimack

    The Monitor vs. the Marrimack

    This was a battle during the American Civil war and was histories first duel between ironclad warships.
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  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    This is also known as the Pittsburgh landing. Its was the western theater of the American Civil war.
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The Emancipation Proclomation

    The Emancipation Proclomation

    Abraham Lincoln announced this to be the third bloody war of the Civil war.
    https://www.archives.gov
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    This was a battle fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvanian during the American Civil war.
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The thirteenth Amendment

    The thirteenth Amendment

    The thirteenth amendment restricts all slavery in America.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    This was one of the last battles of the American Civil war. It was a final engagement for the confederate army general .
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The Assassination of President Lincoln

    The Assassination of President Lincoln

    John Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the Ford's theater.
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