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Fugitive Slave Act
http://www.nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.html - The Fugitive Slave Act a law passed that allowed slave holders to have weapons for escaped slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was a law passed that allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether for themselves to allow to have slavery or not. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the presidential candidacy of Abe Lincoln and John Breckenridge and of course Abe Lincoln won. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle of Fort Sumter
This was a battle near South Carolina by the confederate states army and a surrender from the American Army which led the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This was on March 9 and it was during the civil war and it was the first battle between warships. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads -
Battle of Shiloh
This was a very big and important battle in the American Civil which started by a surprise attack on the Union Forces launched by Ulysses S. Grant. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is President Lincoln emancipating slavery rather than abolishing it for the sates.http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This was a battle fought around Gettysburg between the Union and Confederate Forces. The next day there was even more fighting when the Confederates attacked the Federals on the right and left side. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states that slavery nor involuntary serving. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Surrender at Appomattox
This was one of the last battles of the of the American Civil War and it was fought at a court house and it ended with a surrender. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Everybody thinks President Lincoln was killed at a theater, no he was shot in a theater he went across the street to a friends house and he ended up dying there the next morning. http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination