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fugitive slave actPart of the compromise of 1850 between southern slave-holding interests and northern free soilers
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the novel helped lay the groundwork for the civil war
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it allowed people in the two territories to decide for themselves
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election of 1860Served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war
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was the bombardment of fort sumter
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it is also called battle of hampton roads
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a major battle in the western theater of the american civil war.
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was a presidential proclamation given by abraham lincoln
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confederate forces during the american civil war
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it was passed by the senate in april 8 1864
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one of the last battles of the american civil war
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serving from march 1861 until his assassination in april 1865