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Fugitive Slave Laws
If a runaway slave was caught in the north, he/she would be returned to the south. -
Republicans
The Republican part was formed -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Stowe wrote anti-slavery novel "Under Tom's Cabin" -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska overturned the Missouri Compromise, which caused violent fighting known as bleeding Kansas. -
John Brown
John Brown moved east to plan a rebellion now known as the Raid on Harper's Ferry -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a raid on a federal armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia -
Secession
Southern states was upset and decided to seceded from the United States -
Confederate States
The seceded stated form The Confederate States of America. -
Civil War Begins
The Confederate artillery fired the first shots of the Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves -
Turning Point
Union forces, under Ulysses Grant took Vicksburg, and this victory would prove to be the turning point of the war in the western theater -
The Capture of Atlanta
General William Sherman led the Union Army in capturing Atlanta -
March to the Sea
Union troops captured Savannah, Georgia. -
End of Civil War
General Lee surrendered his army at the Appomattox Court House -
Assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated at Fort's Theater in Washington
