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Fugitive Slave act of 1850
The fugitive slave law or fugitive slave act was passed by the united sates congress on September 18,1850 between southern slave holding interest and northern free soilers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the ground work for the civil war', According to will Kaufman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854, It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether for not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
election of 1860
United Sates presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which republican Abraham Lincoln defeated southern democrat john C. Breckenridge, Democrat Stephen a. Douglas and constitutional union candidate John Bell. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter Summary: The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil war. the intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions. http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-fort-sumter -
The monitor vs. Merrimack
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack (CSS Virginia) during the American Civil War (1861-65) was history's first duel between ironclad warships. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, was a major battle in the Western theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6-7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation -
The Battle of Gettysburg
the Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania By Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United Sates and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United states. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/13th-amendment -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the american civil war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House -
Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington,D.C. http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
