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Fugititve Slave Act
A compromise in that provides slaveowners with weapons to capture slaves who escaped the free states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act of congress providing the organizing of territories for both of the states and questioning slavery. -
Election of 1860
This election of 1860 was election for the president of the United States, President Lincoln. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
A war aroung Charleston Harbor. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
A Civil War off the coast of Virginia, between two ironclad ships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
Shiloh was the first large-scale deaths in the Civil War. First truly terrible and great battle in the Civil War. Shiloh is Hebrew for "place of peace." -
Emancipation Proclamination
The Emancipation Proclamination ended slavery. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Greatest battle in the Civil War. -
13 Amendment
Abolished slavery. -
Surrender at Appomattox 1865
General Robert E. Lee surrendered in front of Apomattox Courthouse.