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Fugitive Slave Act
linkThe Fugitive Slave Act was bad very bad. (dun dun dun). It was a law that forced authorities in free states to return runawy slaves, back to their owners. - Wow that's some interesting stuff there!" -Antanio Lopez de Santan Anna -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
linkThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act that let the people of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not slavery would allowed within the territories. After several rounds of voting, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. -
Election of 1860
linkThe election of 1860 was particularly brutal because who you voted on depended upon where you stood on the issue of slavery. Lincoln won the election with 40% of the popular vote and 180 of the electoral vote. 60% of Amercia voted for someone else. Just weeks after the election, South Carolina seperated itself from the Union. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
linkGeneral P.G.T Beauregard was in command of the Confederate forces surrounding Chalerston Habor shooting at the Union garrison holding down Fort Sumter -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
linkAlso called the Battle of Hampton Roads, this battle took place in the waters of the James and Nansemond Rivers. It was one of the most important naval battles in the American Civil War and was an effort by the Confederacy to break the blockade that the Union had put up to cut off trade from two of Virginia's largest cities. -
The Battle of Shiloh
linkA Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved \using the Tennessee River to go into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river. Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on ther Union there.The Confederates achieved success on the first day, but were defeated on the second day. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
link It was a presidenatl proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, it stated that slaves were freed even in the ten rebelling states. It also ordered that suitable persons among those freed could be enrolled into the paid service of United States' forces, and ordered the Union Army recognize and maintain the freedom of" the ex-slaves -
The Battle of Gettysburg
linkThe Battle of Gettyburg was fought around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and was where the most casualties of any single battle in the war occured. After three days of brutal fighting, General Lee of the Confederate Army, led his army in retreat back to Virginia. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
linkThe thirteenth amendment was passed in April of 1864. It abolished slavery and illegalized involitary servitude. While the Union fully supported this ammendmet, many regions in the south disagreed. However, all the states adopted it by 1865. -
Surrender at Appormattox
linkWith his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end.
