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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. It had provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture the slaves that had escaped to the states that were free. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fugitive-slave-act -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was an antislavery novel that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/uncle-tom-s-cabin?s=t -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders or not. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was electing either Republican Abraham Lincoln or Democrat John C. Breckinridge to be president. Abraham Lincoln defeated John C. Breckinridge to the presidency. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter took place at the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. General P.G.T Beauregard, was in command of the Confederate forces that surrounded Charleston Harbor. They opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. The next day Major Robert Anderson, the commander, surrendered the fort and left the next day prior to the battle. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack that took place during the Civil war, was the first ever duel between ironclad warships. The battle was part of a Confederate effort to break the Union blockade. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads -
The Battle of Shiloh
Confederate soldiers under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers that were a near the ground of the Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The offensive drove the unprepared federal forces and threaten Ulysses Grant's entire command. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln, freeing the slaves in those territories that were still in rebellion against the Union. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/emancipation-proclamation?s=t -
The Battle of Gettysburg
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment was that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Surrender at Appomattox was because Robert E. Lee's army was too weak to continue the fight so they surrendered. He realized that there was little choice but to surrender his army to General Grant. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
President Lincoln was shot and killed while watching a play. He was enjoying himself while the killer came up behind him while he wasn't paying attention and shot him in the head. He died early the next morning. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html
