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Fugitive Slave Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
www.dictionary.com/browse/fugitive-slave-act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern
slaveholders with legal weapons to capture
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slaery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was passed by the U.S. Congress which allowed people in the territories of Kansas an Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Election of 1860
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860
With the Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
A war fought by Confederate states army in South Carolina which the United States Army surrender started the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was history's first duel between ironclad warships.
www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads -
The Battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
Confederate soldiers under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburgh Landing on the Tennessee River. This battle lasted two days, produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history at the time. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil war. This battle only lasted 2 years. This Battle was fought by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
This Amendment declared the "Neither slaver nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States."
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Surrender at Appomattox
www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. and then shot President Lincoln. President Lincoln died right then.
www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html