Civil War Timeline

  • Compromise of 1850

    The fugitive slave law was strengthened and it helped the south out. California gained a new state which was in the North. Even though Texas lost a lot of territory they gained 10 million dollars to pay for their debt. In Washington dc, slave trade became prohibited.
  • Fugitive Slave Law

    This law allowed for the capture and retrieval of runaway slaves
  • Missouri Compromise

    This was to balance free states and slavery
  • Dred Scott Supreme Court decision

    This gave people with slaves to move them to the western territory
  • Election of 1860

    In this election Abraham Lincoln was elected as president. when he first started off as president he didn't seem to care much about having slaves then he decided to end slavery completely
  • Battle of Antietam

    This battle led to Abraham Lincoln to making the Emancipation Proclamation, this was the bloodiest battle of the civil war.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    This document abolished slavery from president Abraham Lincoln
  • Abraham Lincoln

    The leader of the civil war
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    Battle of Gettysburg

    The battle of Gettysburg stopped General Robert Lee's invasion of the north