The Oldern Times

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    It was a set of laws that let runaway slaves to get brought back to the plantation as long as they were in the United States.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    This novel helped lay ground work for the Civil War.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act
    Allowed settlers to decide if slavery would be in the territroy or not.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    This was held in South Carolina. Abraham Lincoln was elected during this time.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    A battle near the town that had started the American Civil War.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    It was a Naval engagement at the harbor of James River.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    It was involved with a theater.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    It let the slaves become free from there on out.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    They were the first fight of the American Civil War.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    No more slavery at all.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    The battle was fought in the middle of the morning.
  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    Assassination of President Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln got shot in the head.