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Fugitive Slave Act.
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in September of 1850 and stated that any slave who ran away to the north had to be taken back to the south. This act made the Underground Railroad have to take slaves all the way to Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was an anti-slave novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it is also known as "Life Among the Lowly." This novel was written to show the wrongness and realism of slavery, how harsh, unusual, and wrong it was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
This act that passed Congress in 1854, allowed the people in the territories of, you guessed it, Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they would allow slaves within their borders. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860.
This historic election in 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln became the President by defeating competitors John C. Breckenridge Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter.
This historic battle is the first recorded of the Civil War when the Confederacy fired cannons upon the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack.
The Monitor and the Merrimack were both ironclad warships. Together, they fought the first duel between two such ships against each other. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads -
The Battle of Shiloh.
This battle is when 40,000 Confederate troops ambushed Union soldiers on the Pittsburgh Landing near the Tennessee River. This ambush almost threatened General Ulysses S. Grant's command. It drove the Union soldiers back but they eventually got the upper hand and forced the Confederates to retreat with the help of the General's attack strategies. This was the bloodies battle in U.S. history. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html -
The Emancipation Proclamation.
This historic document was signed by Abraham Lincoln to abolish slavery in the south to weaken their defenses during the Civil War. It wasn't until later that slavery was officially abolished in the undecided states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation -
The battle of Gettysburg.
This historic battle, fought in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the battle with the most causalities in the entire Civil War, and is often called the war's turning point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg -
Surrender at Appomattox.
The Battle of Appomattox was one of the last in the Civil War, it was when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Grant. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm -
Assassination of President Lincoln.
The sad day of the 15th of April is day President Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford's theater by John Wilkes Booth, he was taken to the Petersen House across the street where he died nin hours later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln -
The Thirteenth Amendment.
The Thirteenth Amendment was the document to abolish slavery once and for all, all across the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
