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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the compromise of 1850 between southerners who had interests in having slave and northerners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by civil rights activist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin
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The Kansas Nebraska Act was passed to allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska territory to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery in their territory's borders.
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
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The election of 1860 is the year Abraham Lincoln won the election and was elected for President of the United States.
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860
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The Battle at Fort Sumter occurred when Southern forces opened fire on northern forces. This battle started the American Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
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The Monitor v. The Merrimack was the first American battle between two warships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
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The Battle of Shiloh occurred when Southern forces committed an attack on Northern forces. Some people have referred to it as the Pearl Harbor of the Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
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The battle was fought between Union and Confederate forces. This battle had the greatest number of casualties of any battle during the Civil War.
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Generals from both sides of the war agreed to meet after the Union had the Confederate pinned down. This is wear General E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm
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President at that time, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater while attending a play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
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The Thirteenth Amendment the amendment that abolishes any form of slavery in the United States of America.
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40
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