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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive slave was being passed by the Us congress in September of 1850.They were a part of the compromise of 1850 between southern slave holding interests and northern free soldiers. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
This novel has sold 300000 copies in 3 months. When it was widely read that was when the president Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was passed by the united states congress on May 30,1854. It allowed many people in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. -
Election of 1860
The us presidential election of 1860 held on Nov 6 in the republican Abraham Lincoln defeated the southern democrat john c Breckenridge, democrat Stephen a Douglas and constitutional union candidate john bell. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
This battle was the bombardment of fort Sumter in South Carolina and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the us army and started the war. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This battle was also called the battle of Hampton roads. In the american civil war naval engagement at Virginia,Hampton Roads, a harbor at the mouth of the James river. -
The Battle of Shiloh
This battle was also known as the battle of Pittsburgh landing. It was a major battle in the western theater of the civil war. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamation was a presidential proclamation executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was fought in July of 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg. This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth Amendment was the amendment that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the us, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Surrender at Appomattox
The battle of Appomattox fought on the morning of April 9 and was one of the last battles if the civil war. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
The assassination was shortly after 10 pm in April. Actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at fords theater in Washington fatally shot Abraham Lincoln.
