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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of a group of laws called the "Compromise of 1850". The law stated that runaway slaves were able to be captured and returned to slave territory -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book changed the way that Americans saw the subject of slavery. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
The Kansas Nebraska act was an law declaring the states could choose if they were pro slavery or no. -
The Presidential Election of 1860
About the Election
During the 1860 election things were tense.The future president's stand on the issue of slavery could majorly effect the country, soon after the election some of the southern states left and formed the Confederate States. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
The Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor were commanded to open fire on Sumter. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads
This event was the first dual between iorn clad ships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh the battle began when the general Ulysses S. Grant. of the Confederates launched a attack on the Union. -
Emancipation of Proclemation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
A document that declared all slaves free. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
After a victory at Chancellorville over the Union, Robert E. Lee marched his troops to Northern Viginia and clashed with the Confederates. -
The Battle of Appomattox
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
General Robert E. Lee and his 28,000 troops surrndered to General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Assasination of President Licoln
http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
President Lincoln was shot in the back of the head while watching a play with his wife by John Wilks Booth. -
The 13th Amendment Ratified
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
When this Amendment was ratified it stated that no man was able to be kept as property and they were to be set free.