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Fugitive Slave Act
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Fugitive+Slave+Act+of+1850
The Fugitive Slave Act it provided Southern slave holders with weapons to capture slaves that had run away to other free states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
http://www.historynet.com/uncle-toms-cabin
This book is or was about slavery the author of this book is Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
This was about Slavery it allowed Kansas and Nebraska decide if they wanted slavery to be allowed or not. -
Election of 1860
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860
This Election was when Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat John C. Breckinridge, and Democrat Stephan A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union Candidate John Bell. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html
This was when Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard was in command of the confederate forces and he opened fire on garrison that was holding Fort Sumter. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
This battle is also know as the Battle of Hampton Roads. -
The Battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
40,000 confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/emancipation-150/10-facts.html
This event was when Abraham Lincoln was still alive and he is the one who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html?tab=facts
This battle was led by Robert E. Lee after his big victory over the Battle of Chancellorsville. -
Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm
This was one of the last battle of the Civil War. -
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html
This was when Abraham Lincoln was shot on the back of the head and died in Fords Theatre. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
This Amendment was meant for Neither nor involuntary servitude would be a punishment
