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Fugitive Slave Act
A law passed by the United States as part of the compromise of 1850. -
Kansas-Nabraska Act
The Kansas-Nabraska Act allowed people to settle in Kansas and Nabraska. They could have slaves if they wanted them but if they didnt want them they didnt have to have them. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. This act set the stage for the American Civil War. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle started the Civil War. The attack in Fort Sumter near South Carolina. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
It was one of the most known Battles in the Civil War between the navies, It was a battle that took place for two days in Hampton Road, Virginia. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The battle in Pittsbutg Landing on the Tennessee River, 40,000 Confederate Soldiers attacked the Union Soldiers and then they started a battle for 2 more days. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation Proclamation issued that all slaves are free. Although President Abraham Lincoln wanted to end the War and slavery there was still some slavery in bordering states. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Union Army defeated attacks by the Confederates. This ended the Confederates plan on attacking the North. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment abolishes slavery. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Grant of the Union Army at the Appomattox Courthouse.
