Before the civil war

  • •	Fugitive Slave Act

    • Fugitive Slave Act

    <a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts' > The fugitive slave was voted in in Sept 18, 1850.
  • •	Kansas Nebraska Act

    • Kansas Nebraska Act

    This created the kansas and nebraska territories
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    This was the election that abraham lincoln won.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

    This is the start of the cicil war.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    It was a naval engagment
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses Grant’s entire command.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    This document did not end slavery
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    This was considered the most important battle in the civil war.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    This was when the confederets surrenered.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment

    This document outlawed slavery and unvoulintary surveitude