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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was when the policemen or owners can catch any slaves who were running away and giving them a punishment. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin talks about a character named Uncle Tom who was a slave and was in the civil war and that on the beginning of the civil war Abraham Lincoln met him. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was when Kansas and Nebraska could decide for themselves if they should allow slavery. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was for who was going to be president and it was Abraham Lincoln vs John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and Abraham Lincoln won. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter was at Charleston Harbor where the Confederate army attacked around the place but were defeated and surrendered. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs The Merrimack was the first battle with iron warships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was when a fight with the US and Confederate but later has the fight went on the US outnumbered the Confederate and the Confederate lost. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was when Abraham Lincoln let the slaves free. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was sometimes what people say was the war's turning point and the Union defeated the Confederate. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment says that neither slavery or involuntary servitude should not be treated bad expect for doing a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Surrender at Appomattox was when Confederate General Robert E. Lee had no choice but surrender and that ended the American Civil War. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Assassination of President Lincoln took place at a theater where he died and was the third to die in the office and the first to be murdered.