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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Acts was a law to capture and return of runaway slaves that are in the borders of the United States.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is actually a novel that said to be a major cause of the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln meet the teacher/writer Harriet Beecher Stowe he called her "Little lady who started a war."
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was for Kansas and Nebraska to see if they could or couldn't have slavery in their borders.The Kansas-Nebraska Act got most of the North really mad. The Act was supported by anti- and pro- slavery supporters.
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Election of 1860
This was the election were Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell. With 180 electoral votes Lincoln became president of the United States.
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Battle at Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a island in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It is famous because it was the site of the first shot of the Civil War. The battle lasted thirty-four hours until U.S. Major Robert Anderson and other eighty-six soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13.link text -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This battle was taking place during the American Civil War.It was the first battle between ironclad warships. It is also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads. The battle was to break the Union blockade of the southern ports.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh lasted two days April six to the seventh in eighteen-sixty-two. This battle is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. It all started when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces and it was on of the major early engagements of the American Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was during the Civil War. It was written to "free the slaves."It might have not actually free a single slave but it was the first step to have freedom for the slaves in the United States of America.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The battle was three days form July first to the third. It is consider the most important engagement of the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee was forced to withdraw from his battle on July fourth.
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Surrender at Appomattox
On April ninth, eighteen-sixty-five, General Robert E Lee. surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House which ended the American Civil War.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor/killer assassinated President Lincoln at a play he was watching. Once shot President Lincoln was taken across the street to be safe.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment was officially abolished slavery in America and was ratified on December sixth, eighteen-sixty-five.This was after the American Civil War.
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