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Battle at Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on March 30,1854. They didn't allowed people in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 american presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor and vs the Merrimack Preeminent naval powers, and the Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships, and others followed suit.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862.
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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 initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. Low ridges to the northwest of town were defended initially by a Union cavalry division under Brig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of the Appomattox Court house, fought in the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American civil war.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer served as the 16th President of the Untied States from March 1861 unit his assassination in April 1865.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
