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Part of the 1850 Compromise between Southern Slave holding interests and Northern free-soilers.
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Written by Harriet Stowe. Occasionally referred to as the book that started the civil war.
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Allowed the Kansas and Nebraska Territories choose them selves if they wanted slavery to be allowed within themselves.
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The bombardment of Fort Sumter by the rebels. This lead to the surrender of the union army at Fort Sumter and the American Civil War.
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The first war of the U.S. during the civil war between war ships.
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Also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing. The battle was fought from April 6, 1862 to April 7, 1862 in southwestern Tennessee.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=when+was+the+battle+of+shiloh&* -
Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Stating "that all persons held as slaves" within the southern rebel states "are, henceforth and shall be free."
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Fought from July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863 around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Considered one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Resulted in a Union victory and the Gettysburg Address.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=when+was+the+The+Battle+of+Gettysburg&* -
Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31,1865. Formally abolished slavery in the United States of America.
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Fought on April 9, 1865; it was on of the last battles of the U.S. Civil War, and a decisive victory for the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 (Good Friday) during the play "Our American Cousins."
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=when+was+the+Assassination+of+President+Lincoln&*
