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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and established The Underground Railroad
Harriet tubman was an Afrian American who escaped from slavery. After she escaped, she joined into The Underground Railroad, and she has helped many slavies to went out from the slavery. Tubman had never fell in her escaping journey. -
The Fugitive Slave Act was established
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress. It means all the escaped slaves have to return to their masters. It resulted the Northern and Sounthern states leading to the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected president
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through The Civil War, and abolished slavery. -
The South seceded and forms a new nation, The Confederate States of America
In 1860, Southerners thought the government was becoming too strong. They don't want to Northerners control them. So Southerners decided to secede, out of United States. -
Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863. Itproclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion. -
The Civil War ends
The Civil War ended in 1865, after the Confederate army surrendered; The Northern won the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 -
Mark Twain writes Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn published in December 1885 in US, it talks about the tales of a white boy helping a slave escape. -
The Civil Rights movement
1960s THe Civil Rights movement started in United States where millions of African American fought for equal rights. The goals were end racial segregation and discrimination. -
Barack Obama was elected as President of The United States.
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office.
