Mexican American war

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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Were laws that were passed so people can capture and return runaway slaves.

  • Kansas-Nebraska act

    Was a law that stated the citizens in the territory could choose wether or not slavery would be in the state.

  • The Election of 1860

    Lincoln won 40% of the popular vote, but got 180 votes. He won. Most people in other territorys wanted someone else to win.

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Was the bombardment and surrendering of Fort Sumter.

  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    A ship battle between The Virgina and The Cumberland. The Virgina hit the Cumberland. But The Virginia surrendered after the long battle.

  • The Battle of Shiloh

    40,000 Confederate soldiers marched and destroyed Grants army on the Tennessee River.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." This was the third year of the bloody Civil War

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    Was a great victory over the Confederates. The general then marched his army into a different city.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    Congress agreed to pass a law to abandon slaver. This was that law.

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    General Grant and his army surrendered and made an agreement to meet and talk to Robert E. Lee.