Unit 5 Timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Act

     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 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

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was when Kansas and Nebraska could decide for themselves if they should allow slavery.
  • Election of 1860

    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

    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
    The Monitor vs The Merrimack was the first battle with iron warships.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    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
    The Emancipation Proclamation was when Abraham Lincoln let the slaves free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    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
    The Thirteenth Amendment says that neither slavery or involuntary servitude should not be treated bad expect for doing a crime.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    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
    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.