Social Studies

TimeSpan

Period: Jan 31, 1850 to Dec 29, 1865

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 The Fugitive Slave Act meant that any slave that was captured, must be sent back to their owners.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

Mar 20, 1852

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published Uncle Tom's Cabin Published was a anti slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowie. The novel was very popular for it sold over 300,000 copies in over 3 months of being published.

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
This act allowed the two states to decided whether they wanted slavery in their states. It was meant to get rid of the Missouri Compermise.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
In the election of 1860 Democrates met together to decide which canadite would go for the election. Northern Democrates wanted Douglas to be the canadite but the South felt that he was a traitor.

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_SumterThe surrender of Fort Sumter started the American Civil War. James Butchanan used a ship called Star of the West to give supplies to Anderson but failed from the lack of weapons.

Monitor vs. Merrimerk

Mar 9, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads
The battle was during the American Civil War. The Monitor vs.Merrimerk was a attempt to destroy the blockade the Union had.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
Gen commanded 40,000 Confederate Soilders.The battle lasted 2 days with over 10,000 Confederate Soilders killed.

The Emmancipation Proclocamation

Sep 22, 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamationWhen the Emmancipation Proclocamation was declared it made all slaves free. Abraham Licoln declared the Proclomation but none of the slaves were freed.

The Battle of Gettysberg

Jul 1, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
The Conffedretes won in Chancellor. Robert Lee took his troops to Virgina. Where the Union and the Conffederates met.

The Thirteenth Admendment

Jan 31, 1865

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40
The admendment took away slavery. Abraham Lincoln passed this admendment. It wa passed when the civil war ended.

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
This battle was the last battles of the Cival War. The Confederates retreated to the Court House while the Lee's troops surrendered.

Assasination of Lincoln

Apr 14, 1865

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination Abraham was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. He was a actor who killed him at a play.