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A law in which runaway slaves were to be returned to their owners. Except in California, which was a free state. Most slaves escaped to here.
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This was a bill introduced to divide the land west of Missouri into two separate territories; Kansas and Nebraska.
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This election was the one that Abraham Lincoln won.
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Confederate force opened fire on Union forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
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The Confederate warship Monitor engages the Union warship Merrimack in the mouth of the James River and it was the first warship naval battle.
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It was a battle between the Union and Confederates in Tennessee by a Church called Shiloh.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a bill that banned slavery but colored people were still being treated bad.
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Confederate forces drove Union defenders through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill.
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It basicly says that slavery is not permitted in this country and that the government has the power to enforce it.
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It was when Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Army of General Grant.
