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Fugitive Slave Act
History The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States, -
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Unlce Tom's Cabin Published
History Harriet Beecher's Stowes anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published, the novel sold over 300,000 copuies. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854, it allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska decide fo themselves whether or not to allow slavery. -
Election of 1860
U.S. Historty Northern Democrates felt that Stephen Douglas had the best chance to defeat "BLACK REPLICANS". Although an ardent supporter of slavery, they considered Douglas as a traitor. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Civil War General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederates forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union holding for Garrison. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
Battle
It is also called the Battle of Hampton Roads, in the American Civil war, naval engagement at Hampton Roads a haurbor at the mouth of James River, -
The Battle of Shiloh
Civil War Trust 40,000 Confederate soilders under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out the nearby woods and struck a line Union Soilders. -
The Emancipatoin Proclamation
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Presidnet Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg
It was considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After the war they got a great victory over the union forces. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Eye Witness to History With his army surrounded, his mean weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider to surrender. -
Assasination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
On April 15, 1865 , John Wilkes Booth a famous actor and was a a conferderate soilder and he was the one who killed Abraham Lincoln. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Amendment
The thirteen amendment was to abolish slavery and have no more trouble with anyone anymore.
