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The Fugitive Slave Acts were laws that Congress enacted in 1793, and allowed people to capture and return runaway slaves.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they wanted slavery or not
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The Election of 1860 was when Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina to pick their candidate for president.
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The Batle at Fort Sumter was when General P.G.T. Beaurgard opened fire on the Union Garrison holding Fort Sumter.
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The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack was the naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
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The Battle of Shiloh was one of the major early engagements of the Civil War and it was when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union Forces.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that set slaves free
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The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important battle of the Civil War.
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The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery in the U.S.
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The Surrender at Appomattox was when Robert E. Lee had to surrender his army to General Grant.
