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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that was passed allowing the capture and return of runaway slaves. The law was created as a compromise betwewn the Northern and Southern states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel sold 300,000 copies. When President Lincoln met Stowe he said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war." -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act was passed by the U.S, Congress on May 30, 1854. It let people in Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. The North was infuriated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
The Election of 1860
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 set the stage for the Civil War. The United States had been divided pretty much in half seperating the North From the South and slave states from the nonslave states. In 1860 this issue finally surfaced causing the Democratic Party to split up in to North and South factions. This brought Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to power without support of a Southern state. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the beginning of the Civil War. The battle started when the Confederate opened fire on the Union. The Union was unable to open fire for 2 hours. The first person to fire a shot for the Union was Capt. Abner Doubleday. Finally the Union Surrendered but no soldiers were killed during battle, -
The Monitor vs The Merrimack
Monitor vs Merrimack
The Merrimack was a Confederate vessel and was renamed The Virginia, The Monitor was the Unions ship. The Virginia first opened fire on teh Montior. Thus began a naval battle. After The Monitor's pilothouse was hit it sheered into shallow water . -
The Battle of Shiloh
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Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston planned a surprise attack on Union soldiers near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The Union had formed a battle line at the sunken ship road. They defeated the Confederates. This battle lasted for two days. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Emacipation Proclamation
When the Civil War began President Lincoln came up with the Emancipation Proclamation. It pretty much just says that everyone one was free and slavery was abolihed. He used this as a battle strategy. Even though no one really listened to this proclamation it still was a huge turning point for the Civil War. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered teh most important engagement of the Civil War. General Robert E. Lee was advancing his Union troops into Pennsylvania when they were attacked by the Confederates from the left and the right. Lee was forced to withdraw his troops and take them back to Virginia. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender @ Appomattox
The Confederates were surrounded by Union soldiers on their way to get fod supplies. They tried to escape but they couldn't so General Lee surrenderd his troops to the Union. This officially ended the Civil War. -
Assasination of President Lincoln
Assassination of President Lincoln
While at a play in Ford's Theatre President Lincoln was shot and killed. He wsa shot by Confederate sympathizer, John Wikes Booth. -
The 13th Amendment
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery. The Amendment was passed after the Civil War had ended. The 13th Amendment is one of the amendments that greatly expanded the civil rightrs of Americans.
