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Fugitive Slave Act
Website Here. The Fugitive Slave Act, or the Compromise of 1850, intended to make California a free state, however it was also to give slaveholdings to slave owners in Texas. -
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1850-1865
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was to allow people in the States of Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to support Slavery. -
Election of 1860
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A presidential election which took place in April, 1860, which democrats met at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
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THe Battle of Fort Sumter is when the Civil War begins, by Confederate bombardments onto the fort, claiming victory soon after. -
The Monitor vs. Merrimack
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The mointer vs. Merrimack was the first notable naval battle that used heavy ships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
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The Battle of Shiloh was the 2nd greatest engagement in the Civil War, using both infantry and cannon warfare. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation was orginally supposed to end slavery in the Confederate side, but not the Union states, and allow Blacks to join Union and it's army. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Website Here. The Battle of Gettysburg was a 3 dayt battle, taking place in many locations that determined the fate of the Confederate and Union soldiers. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Website Here. The Surrender at Appomattox was decisive surrender of the Confederates under the command of General Lee, to the Union under General Grant. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Website Here. The 13th Amendment was intended to abolish slavery, and conclude the end of the Civil War.
