Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeated General Custer in southern Montana
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah
With the passage of the 13th amendment, which ended slavery in the United States, the Civil War also came to an end after 4 years
Considered one of the most important battles of the Civil War, Union forces winning this battle represented a turning point in the war.
The raid at Harpers Ferry was an ultimately unsuccessful slave revolt seen by many as a preview of what was to come in the Civil War
An incredibly controversial Act, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that all escaped slaves be returned to their masters upon capture and that all citizens had to cooperate in their return