unit 5 Timeline

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://goo.gl/qXkbwV The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the "Compromise of 1850." In the compromise, the antislavery supporters gained the admission of the state of California as a free state.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://goo.gl/EwXWai Senator Stephen A. Douglas said he wanted to see Nebraska made into a territory and proposed a southern state inclined to support slavery.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://goo.gl/p2XcMk The United States election of 1860 fueld the American Civil War. In 1860, the Democratic Party was split into Southern and Northern factions and bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to power without the support of a single Southern state proved difficult. But in the Election of 1860, Abraham won by a large margin.

Battle at Fort Sumter

Mar 12, 1861

http://goo.gl/Oiy3j On April 12, 1861, General Beauregard fired on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter. At about 2:30pm on April 13, Major Robert Anderson surrendered.

The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

Mar 8, 1862

http://goo.gl/e6jRiT In the American Civil War, a naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first battle between ships made with iron warships.

The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://goo.gl/cH6D70 On April 6, 1862, about 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston came out of the nearby woods and attacked a line of Union soldiers staying on land near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The Confederate soldiers pushed the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://goo.gl/Uc0i The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation made on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

http://goo.gl/SwS4I Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee put most of his army around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with the approach of Union Gen. George G. Meade’s soldiers. On July 1, Confederates pushed Union soldiers through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

http://goo.gl/supM5g The thirtenth amendment was signed on January 31 of 1865. The amandment abolished slavery.

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

http://goo.gl/ReN3Z With his army surrounded, Robert E. Lee knew that there was no choice but to surrender his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between Grant and Lee, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted two and a half hours and ended the civil war.