Important Events Before and During the Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise is passed

    Missouri Compromise is passed

  • Fugitive Slave Act is passed

    Fugitive Slave Act is passed

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

    Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

  • Dred Scott decision in the Suoreme Court

    Dred Scott decision in the Suoreme Court

  • John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

  • Abraham Lincoln takes office

    Abraham Lincoln takes office

  • South Carolina seceds from the United States

    South Carolina seceds from the United States

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect

    Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
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    Battle of Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Ended on July 3, 1863
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    Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Reconstruction begins

    Reconstruction begins

  • Confederacy surrenders at Appoattox

    Confederacy surrenders at Appoattox

  • Assasination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assasination of Abraham Lincoln