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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    Federal laws that allowed for the return of runaway slaves in the United States. They returned the frunaway slaves then they can give penalties on the people who aided in their escape.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    Harriet Beecher Stowe made an anit-slavery novel.This book was so widely read the even Abraham Lincoln said stuff about the book when he met Harriet.

  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    Kansas - Nebraska Act
    The U.S. congress passed this act. It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide wether or not to allow slavery. This act repealed the Missouri Comprimise of 1820.

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The election was the 19th presidential election. The united states was divided in the 1850's and in 1860 there was broken into a Southern and Northern factions. Abraham was put into office with almost no support from the South.

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter
    General P.G.T. fired at the Union holding Fort Sumter. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the next day on April 13.

  • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
    This was a battle of the two sides during the Civil War. The first duel between ironclad warships.

  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    Confederate soldiers attacked Union soldiers on the Tennesee River.The battle lasted to the 7th and resulted in more than 23,000 casualties.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation. It applied to only states that seceded from the Union.The proclamation did not end slavery but it trasformed the war.

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    This was a importanta war considering it was a union victory. It was fought on independence day

  • Thriteenth amendment

    Thriteenth amendment
    This amendment abolished slavery excecpt as a punishment crime. In congress it was passed by the senate on April 8, 1864 and passed in the house January 31.

  • surrender at appomattox

    surrender at appomattox
    Robert E. Lee's men were exhausted and worn out. He had to surrender to General Grant. They decided to meet at Appotmattox courthouse.

  • Assationation of President Lincoln

    Assationation of President Lincoln
    John Wilkes Booth a famous actor shot and killed Lincoln. This was five days after Robert E. Lee surendered ending the Civil War.