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Fugitive Slave Act
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There was an earlier slave act that was looked over. Then Congress passed it again revising it. The new Fugitive Slave Act had even more impassioned criticism than the last. The act denied slaves to a jury and they had to pay a fine up to $1000. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an Anti-Slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet was the sevententh child in her family. Harriet also helped slaves on the underground railroad. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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This act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not. Both anti and pro-slavery people rushed to Kansas and voted. -
Election of 1860
United States Presidential Election
On November 6th 1860 our 16th president was elected, Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861 the Confederacy attacked the Union fort, Fort Sumter. The Confederacy won that fight. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
The Confederacy captured the Merrimack steam fergate and turned it into a ship. The Union created another ship called the Monitor and fought the Merrimack. -
The Battle of Shiloh
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The Battle of Shiloh was nicknamed The Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The Confederacy attacked with surprise. It was the bloodiest battle in America at its time. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation only was for the states that weren't in the Union. It did not end slavery in the United States. The Proclamation stregnthend the Union both millatry and politically. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important battle of the Civil war. Pickett charged his army in to defeat the Union but failed and had to go back to Virginia. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
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The Thirteenth Amendment states that there will be no slavery. Or as it is stated in the Amendment Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Appomattox Courthouse
The Confederacy was being cut of at every direction. When they were heading to Appomattox Station, where food awaited them, they were once again cut off by the Union and completly surrounded. They tried to escape but failed and Surrendered. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Presiedent Lincoln was assassinated while attending a theater by John Wilkes Booth The attack came only five days after General Lee of the Confederacy surrendered.
