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  To help stop runaway slaves, the federal government passed an act that forces people in the north to catch runaway slaves.
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  The fighting in Kansas began well before the Civil War when the new state was deciding whether to become a free state or a slave state
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  Dred Scott wanted to sue his master, b/c he was a slave in the north. Though the supreme court forbid it, with reasons that essentially legalized slavery in the north.
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  Wtih Lincolns election S. carolina seceded from the union being followed by the other southern states
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  When the fighting in Kansas ended.
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  The first battle began when Confederate soldiers bombarded Union soldiers based in Fort Sumter
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  The first Major battle of the Cvil War
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  The first battle in the "War in the West" that was fought in Tenneessee when Confederate soldiers intercepted Grants forces.
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  General Robert E. Lee's first attempt at invading that ended in a draw.
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  The Battle where "Stonewall" Jackson lost his life when one of his soldiers mistoke hime for an enemy. And gave hope to the South
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  The bloodiest battle of the civil war is fought.
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  General William T. Sherman led troops through Georgia. Burning down Atlanta in the process, a vital city and railroad station.
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  Sherman begins his march through Georgia to the sea, pillaging and destroying everything in their wake.
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  Sherman reached the sea ending the wave of terror in the south in Savannah.
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  General Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Courthouse to General Ullyses S. Grant ending the war.