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Unit 5 Timeline
Major events during this time period -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave ActThe fugitive slave act or the "Comprimise of 1850" that hoelp to abolish slavery. It also continued the underground railroad connected with 3000 homes. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was one of the most important act that lead to the Civil War. -
Election of 1860
election The Northern and Southern Democrats counldn't decide on a president. They also could not decide who would be the vice president either. that was the conflict of the election. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
GeneralGeneral P.G.T in command of Confederate forces opened fire on the Union Fort Sumter from Charelston Harbor. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Confederate Ironclad steamed onto Hampton Roads where she sank the Union Cumberland. -
The Battle of Shiloh
GeneralGeneral Albert in control of 40000 soldiers struck a line of union soldiers in the woods of Tennessee. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
PresidentPresident Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves free, residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
GeneralGeneral Robert E Lee pushed the defending union soldiers through Gettysburg to Cemetry Hill. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th AmendmentThe 13th amendment abolished slavery, and involintary servitude in the United States. -
Surrender at Appomattox
LeeLee headed west, Being mercelisly cut off by federal troops, evetually arriving in Appomattox.
