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Clare Barton
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This act forced any federal official who did not arrest a runaway slave liable to pay a fine.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
- She was an abolitionsit and a writer. She wrote the famous book "Uncle Tom`s Cabin" describing the cruel life of slaves. It sold over 5,000 copies. -
- First battle of ironclads, no one won the battle it was a draw.
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Dred Scott lost his case proving that he should be free because he had been held as a slave while living in a free state.
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With the election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln on November 6, 1860, South Carolina followed by six other states seceded from the Union.
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- Plan was to form a blockade on Southern Ports, to cut the Mississippi River out so they couldn`t ship anything in or out.
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-When the South seceeds.
-Lincoln inaugration
- Attack on Ft Sumner
- Four slaves states stay in the Union
- First battle of Bull Run
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- When the South sends the North running back to Wasighton D.C.
- Stonewall Jackosn becomes a hero.
- This was an important victory for the North to show that they could stand with the South.
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- Women where teachers, plantation managers and etc.
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- Was a major battle in the West .
- 20,000 people died
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- Was the bloodiest single day in American History.
- 6,400 people died and 15,000 wonded.
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- When president Lincoln was called to dedicate the ground to the following soliders.
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Harriet Tubman
- She was an abolitionist and she freed 3,000 slaves.
- Nickname "Moses"
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