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Unit 5
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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Acts The Fugive Slave Acts were a set of laws that let slave-hunters capture slaves, even if they had escaped to a free state, and bring them back to their owners. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act This allowed states to choose weather or not they were a slave state by "popular sovergnty". This paved a way for the American Civil War and created the voilent period known as "Bleeding Kansas" -
The Eldection of 1860
Election of 1860 The Election of 1860 was a big deal to politics as slavery vs freedom had a big role in it. -
The Moniter vs The Merrimak
Battle of Hampton Roads The Montier and The Merrimack were the ships to start the Battle of Hampton Roads, and the first duel between ironclad naval war ships. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle at Fort Sumter When General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on the union fort Sumter and basically started the Civil War. -
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh This battle, which was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major event in the war, resulting in about 23,000 casualties and a win for the Union -
Emancipation Proclimation
The Emancipation Proclimation The Emancipation Proclimation was a document signed by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves of all rebelious states in the Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg This battle is probalby the most well known, and most important battle in the Civil War. The Confederacy marched troops forward but eventually lost the battle and was forced to retreat to the Union. -
Surrender at Appottomox
The End of the Civil War After the Union had them surrounded, Lee surrendered at Appottomox Court House, ending the Civil War. -
Thirteenth Ammendment
The Thirteenth Ammendment Near the end of the year of which the Civil war had ceased, the Thirteenth Ammendment was passed, prohibited slavery.
