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nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.html The finding and capturing of slaves by their owners.
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history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about anti-slavery. 300,000 copies of the book were sold in three months.
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history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act Bill that allowed settalers to decide were slavery was leagal.
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ushistory.org/us/32d.asp The Republicans needed someone to win votes and could carry New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvaina.
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civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ THe Confederate soldiers open fired on the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter.
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britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack Naval engagement at he mouth of James River.
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civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ An attack on the Union soldiers on the ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River by the Confederate soldiers.
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archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/ A stating that all slaves are free.
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history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg Fighting between the Union and Confederate soldiers.
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loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html THe Thirteenth Amendment talked about slavery.
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history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination The assassination of President Lincoln happened only five days after the end of the American Civil War.
