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Timeline of American History

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    Unit Five timeline

  • •	Fugitive Slave Act

    • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act is when slaves started running from there owners.
  • •	Kansas-Nebraska Act

    • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas and Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise line. It let the people to decide if they want a free state or a slave state.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    SInce the Republican wanted no slavery at all for the United States.. The Democratic party wanted slavery. So it was very hard to pick a predsident because one was with slavery the other was no slavery at all.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

    The battle was between South Carolina and the Union. Since Carolina seperated from the Union. The Union wanted them back so the only way was to battle.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    This battle happened when the Union tried to blockade Hampton roads.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    This battle was the bloodest battles over the North and the South over slavery.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Proclamation said "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states should be free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    This battle started when the two Unions concide and had a battle for three days.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment caused slavery to come to a end.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    By this surrender it ended the American Civil War.