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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act - 1850The Fugitive Slave Act was part of a group of laws known as the "Compromise of 1850." In this compromise the antislavery group got to say that California was accepted as a free state, as well the slavery group got the government to accept that Texas was a slaveholding state. Both of these events played a part in the elimination of slavery about over 12 years later. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" PublishedHarriet Stowe was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 300,000 copies were sold within three months. When President Abraham LIncoln met Stowe, he didn't understand how a normal girl could start a big war. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska ActThis act allowed people in Kansas or Nebraska to choose to be slave free or slaveholders within their borders. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which didn't allow slavery. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860The election of Abraham Lincoln for president was the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln was a well known man already before he became president. People wanted him to be president because he was very good with communicating. Also this election was made in the beginning of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of SumterThis battle lasted from April 12th to April 14th. The battle was the start of the Civil War. South Carolina demanded the US Army to abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh General Albert Sidney Johnston lead 40,000 Confederate soldiers to charge into the woods to attack a Union line of soldiers that were taking land near the Pittsburgh landing on the Tennessee River. The unprepared Union soldiers retreated. This was the beginning of the Battle of Shiloh. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation ProclamationAbraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the United States was on it's third year of the Civil War. The proclamation said that whoever was held as a slave, shall be released and set free in the rebellious states. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender at AppomattoxRobert E. Lee and his army were surrounded and his men were weak and exhausted, so they decided to surrender. He and General Grant communicated about the meeting about the surrrender, they met on April 9, 1865. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the Civil War.
