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Was a pair of Federial laws that allawed for the capture and return of the slaves within the territory of the United States.
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It was when the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was Published.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
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The Presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
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The battle of Fort Sumter was April 12-14, 1861 and was the bombardment and surrender of fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battel of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the Americna Civil War from the standpoint of the Development of navies.
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On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soliders under the command of Gen.Albert Sidney Johnston Poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union Soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove hte unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant's entire command.
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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 was fought July 1-3, 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union nad Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the Americna Civil War.
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United States President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close.
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Untied States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishemt for a crime.
