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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850 as part of the 1850 sothern comprimise. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Election of 1860
It was an election for President. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
It was a battle for The Civil War -
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack (CSS Virginia) during the American Civil War (1861-65) was history's first duel between ironclad warships.
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack during the American Civil War was history's first duel between ironclad warships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
When the American Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and harsh punishment, except as punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
