CIVIL WAR TIMELINE

 

 

 

 

-1850- Fugitive slave law passed.                  -1852- Uncle Toms Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it tells about the hard ways of slaves.          -1860- Lincoln elected president, first Republican win ever.            

-1854- Kansas Nebraska act passed by Henry Clay.                                                  -1861- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana Secede (Jan.)

 

-1852- Dred Scott Decision.     -1853- Franklin Fierce President.      -1859-John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry      .               -1861-1865- Civil War- April 12 .               1861-Virginia,         

Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee Secede (April).

 

 

 

 

-1861- Emancipation Proclamation.        -1863- Homestead law becomes law allowing settlers to claim their land. -1865- Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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                -1863- Battle of Gettysburg.                    -1864- Robert E. Lee surrenders, ends the war.                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                WORK CITED

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln                                            www.infoplease.com. 2003. 07 Apr. 2004
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