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Unit 5 Timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Law

    Fugitive Slave Law
    A law which required slaves, upon capture, were to be returned to their masters.
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The U.S. Presidential election of 1860 where President Lincoln was inaurgarated as the 16th president of the United States
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    The Battle that started the Civil War.
  • The Monitor vs. the Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. the Merrimack
    The first battle between two ironclad naval ships in the United States Civil War.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    The bloodiest battle in U.S. History.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed that all the slaves in the states that were in rebellion were to be free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The turning point of the Civil War.
  • The Battle/Surrender of Appomattox

    One of the last battles of the Civil War.