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Civil War Timeline

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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    California becomes a free state. The southwest territories get to decide the issue of slavery.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Resulted in popular sovereignty

  • Lincoln's election

    Lincoln's election
    Immediately following Lincoln's election, the southern states seceeded.

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Began the Civil War

  • Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run

    Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run
    First major battle of the Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    Changed the focus of the Civil War to freeing the slaves

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg
    South was divided and the Union gained control of the Mississippi River

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Turning point of the Civil War
    North repels Lee's invasion

  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House
    Lee surrenders to Grant