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Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850s, it was passed by the United states congress as a part of the compromised of 1850 between southern slave holding interests and northern free soldiers.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel by american author Harriet Beecher Stowe, the novel was published in 1852 the novel Help lay the ground work for the civil war.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was the act that created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and the the Kansas Nebraska act was drafted by democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and Presented Franklin Pierce, The main purpose of the Kansas Nebraska act was to open up thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwest transcontinental railroad.
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The election of 1860
The United States Presidential election of 1860 which is when Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge,Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and constitutional union candidate John Bell.
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The Battle At Fort Sumter
what happened at the Fort Sumter was that confederate forces around Charleston Harbor and then the confederate forces opened fired at Fort Sumter, then on April 13 Major Robert Anderson commander surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the battle of Hampton Roads was in the american civil war, Hampton Roads, Virginia the harbor at the mouth of the James river, notable was history's first dual between the ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of navel warfare.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh is also known as the battle of Pittsburgh landing was one major battle in the western theater of the american civil war in southwestern Tennessee.
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The Emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1 1863.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment was to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, in congress it was passed by the senate on April 8, 1864 , and the house on January 31 1865, then the amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865.
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The Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9th 1865 it was one of the last battles of the american civil war.
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The Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an american politician and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the united states from march 1861 until his assassination in April 1865, The person who killed Abraham Lincoln was John Wilkes booth who was a famous actor killed Abraham Lincoln at a play at fords theater in Washington D.C.
www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
