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The Fugitive Slave act was a law passed by congress. It was a compromise with the southern United States. If the slaves were able to escape their owner and made it to the North they were free.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel about antislavery. It was published in 1852.
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Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
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The Battle of Sumter was a bombardment. America's Naval Ships were bombarded. We returned it by returning the favor.
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This was one of the first duels between ironclad warship.
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The battle of Shiloh was one of the main battles of the Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation that Abraham Lincoln made. It is a proclamation that bans slavery in the United States.
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This battle was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.
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This battle was one of the last ones in the American Civil war.
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Abraham was assassinated by John Wilkes on April 14, 1865. That was Good Friday.
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The Thirteenth Amendment bans slavery.
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This Act created territory between Kansas and Nebraska.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act