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Unit 5 Timeline

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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed the capture and return of fugitive slaves to their owners within the United States.
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  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
    Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book that most popular in the 19th century. Following the depth of how slavery really was and taking through a heart felt journey of hardship and struggle. Link Text

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.Link Text

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Abraham Lincoln won the United States Presidential Election in 1860.link text

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Link Texthttp://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/1-battle-of-fort-sumter-1861-photo-researchers.jpg

  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia.The battle received worldwide attention, and it had immediate effects on navies around the [Link Text] (world.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads)

  • The Battle Shiloh

    The Battle Shiloh
    Result: Union Victory ·The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Location: Shiloh, Tennessee Link text

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in ten states.Link Text

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War.

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    The Surrender at Appomattox Court House was one of the last battles in the American Civil War. And also the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.Link Text

  • Assassination of President Lincoln

    Assassination of President Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater, he shot Lincoln while he was watching the play.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially destroyed slavery in America, and was written on December 6, 1865, after the conclusion of the American Civil War.