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Fugitive Slave ActIt allowed the return of runaway slaves, regarless of where in the Union they might be at the time of their discovery or capture.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act This act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in their land.
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Election of 1860 This election set the stage for American Civil War. Abraham Licoln came to power in this election without any help from the southern states.
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battle of Fort SumterThe Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor opened fire on the union garrison holding Fort Sumter
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Battle of the Monitor and MerrimackThis battle was also called Battle of Hampton Roads. This was history's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.
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Battle of ShilohThis two day battle at Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time.
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Emancipation ProclamationPresident Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaved residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. This actually freed a few people.
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The Battle of GettysburgThe confederate general and his army had drove the Union through Gettysburg to Cemetary HIll, but he failed on the second attempt.
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The Thirteenth AmendmentThis amendment declared that everyone held as slaves within any States will be free, and forever free.
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Surrender at Appomattox General Lee went to the south where supplies and food awaited but were cut off by Union troops and was forced to surrender his troops.
