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Fugitive Slave act
Fugitive Slave act was part of the comproise of 1850 which pretty much split the united states in two about 11 years later. This law made Southerners mad and they decided to split off from the united states and formed an own army.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote on what she saw about slavery and on the underground rail roads. This book is said to of caused a big war according to Abraham Lincoln. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebrask Act was an 1854 bill that debated “popular sovereignty” allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a the states boarder. -
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Election of 1860
http://www.nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.htmlOn a Tuesday, president Abraham Lincoln was elected. This angered many of the south because the North kept letting slaves gettings away from farms. They also supported abolonished and allowed them. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
This battle didn't have any casualties but lasted about 34 hours. Fort Sumter was low on supplies and couldn't match the armourment of the confederates in this fight for which they had to give away the fort. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This was a battle between two ships full of untrained soldiers. In the end "The Monitor" ended up sedning the Merrimack back to a shipyard. -
The Battle of Shiloh
This Battle was known as one of the most deadliest battles of the war. To hold a river the Union lost many men but managed to hold it and killed about 600 more confederates than Union soldiers. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation pronounced that all slaves held by slave owners shall be set free, but this was limited for which 4 states didn't have to obey this rule. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
General Lee figures if he can destroy the Unions strong point he will disconvince the Unions army and think they'll give up. 60,000 men on the confederates, 15,000 on the Union. At the end of the battle there was only 15,000 men left of Lee's army and they won the battle but not the war. Later after the battle he and his men failed and lost. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Neither Slavery or invuluntary servitude is allowed in the United States. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee, surrounded by soldiers who were tired of fighitng and were weakening by the moment realized he must surrender to hands of General Grant for which he would die fighting. On April 9th they went Appomattox court house and signed a treaty. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
President Lincoln died in the Fords Theatre by a flint lock pistol to a gun shot wound to the head.
