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Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 13, 1854

opening new lands for settlement

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

The Republicans met in Chicago that May and recognized the democrats termoil actually gave them a chance to take the election.

Battle at Fort Sumter (Civil War Begins)

Apr 12, 1861

[During the early moths of 1861, the fort around Fort Sumter increasingly began to resemble a siege. ](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter)

The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

its also called the Battle of Hampton Roads

The Battle of Shiloh

Apr 8, 1862

[Major Battle in the weatern theater ](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh)

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

[presidential proclamtion and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln.](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation)

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War.

The Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

passed on april 8 and on house in january

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Surrender of the army of northern Virginia in the village of Appomattax Court House

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Heading for the South Side Railroad at Appomattox Station, where food supplies awaited, the Confederates were cut off once again and nearly surrounded by Union troops near the small village of Appomattox Court House.