Unit 5 Timeline

  • Fugititve Slave Act

    Fugititve Slave Act
    A compromise in that provides slaveowners with weapons to capture slaves who escaped the free states.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    An act of congress providing the organizing of territories for both of the states and questioning slavery.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    This election of 1860 was election for the president of the United States, President Lincoln.
  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    A war aroung Charleston Harbor.
  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    A Civil War off the coast of Virginia, between two ironclad ships.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    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

    Emancipation Proclamination
    The Emancipation Proclamination ended slavery.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    Greatest battle in the Civil War.
  • 13 Amendment

    13 Amendment
    Abolished slavery.
  • Surrender at Appomattox 1865

    Surrender at Appomattox 1865
    General Robert E. Lee surrendered in front of Apomattox Courthouse.