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Fugitive Slave Act
This warned colored people that police officers were acting as slave catchers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
This was a book published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas Nebraska Act
this disputed the land between Kansas and Nebraska
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
In this election Lincoln won
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter
This battle was the first battle of the civil war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter -
Monitor Vs. Merrimack
The first battle with ironclad warships
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack -
Battle of Shiloh
This was a major battle of the western theater.
www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Stated that all slaves in the south were free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation -
The Battle of Gettysburg
A battle of Gettysburg was right outside the city of Gettysburg Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg -
Surrender at Appomattox
This was a surrender from the confederation to the Union
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm -
Assassination of the President
This was the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This Amendment abolished slavery
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
