civel war

Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

Sep 17, 1849

she was sneaking out slaves in a path called the under ground rail road

kansas nebraska act

Apr 30, 1854

it was the act to add Kansas and Nebraska to the union but one if them had to be a slave state

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

Oct 16, 1859

this was a raid for the Confed to get weapons for the civil war

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

this was the election where Lincoln was made president

Confederate States of America is formed

Feb 4, 1861

this was the states that left the united states

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

this was the start of the civil war

Civil War Begins

Apr 12, 1861

this was when the Confed left the union and the civil war started

14th amendment

Jul 9, 1861

this made it so everyone had the same rights

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

this was the first major battle of the civil war

Jefferson Davis elected

Nov 9, 1861

Jefferson was elected president of the Confed

Gettysburg Battle

Jul 1, 1863

this was the boldest battle in united states history

Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 1, 1863

this was a law that said that all slaves are free in the Confed

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Oct 15, 1864

this was the final part of the plan for the union to win the civil war

13th amendment

Jan 31, 1865

this made slavery a crime

Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

this was one of the last battles of the civel war

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

president was killed after the civil war in a theater by John Wilkes Booth

15th amendment

Feb 3, 1870

this gave everyone the right to vote