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The fugitive slave act was passed by the U.S. congress as part of the compormise between the southern slave holding and the northern free soldiers
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a anti-slavary novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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The Kansas Nebraska act allowed them to decided wether or not they wanted slavery within their boarders. The act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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The presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidintail election. And served as the immediate impetus of the outbreak of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was fought during April 12-14th in 1861. The battle was a bombarment that surrounded Charlston, South Carolina that started the American Civil War. South Carolina demanded the U.S. Army to abandon their facilities in Charlston Harbor.
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The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack in the Civil war was the first in ironclad warships. It was a effort to break the Union blockade of southern ports. it became a new era in naval warfare.
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The battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the western theater in the American Civil War. Fought on April 6-7 1862 in southwestern Tennesse.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by Abarham Lincoln. It changed the legal status for 3 million enslaved people in the desgnated places of the south from slaves to freedom.
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The battle is considered the most important enagement in the civil war. Robert E.Lee surrendered at Appomttox court house after marching his troops there. He ordered a attack with 15,000 fewer troops at the enemy's center Cemetary Ridge. The assualt was known as the "Picketts charge".
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The amendment was created to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude. It was passed April 8th 1864 by the house on January 31st 1865.
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The battle of Appomattox court house was fought on the morning of April 9th 1865 and is one of the very last battles of the civil war.
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Lincoln got assassinated by John Wikes Booth at a play in D.C. at the Ford's Theater. It came five days after confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox court house.
