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Period: to
Uncle Toms Cabin is published
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Fugitive Slave Act is passed
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Dred Scott decision in the Supreme Court
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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1st Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Shiloh
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Period: to
Reconstruction begins