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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a set of laws that allowed the capture of slaves and the return of slaves in the United States. The first law gave the government authority to stop and return runaway slaves and give serious punishment to the people who let them escape.The act made way for even more punishment for anybody who helped a slave escape. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book is an anti slavery novel about the enforced fugitive slavery laws. The book had a huge part in how the American public veiwed the ways of slavery.
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Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed the people in Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves wether or not slavery can enter the border. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was when democrats from Charleston, South Carolina meet together to select a leader to be the next president. The northern democrats believed that Stephen Douglas was a good choice to beat the "Black Republicans". While the southern democrats believed Douglas was a traitor for permiting territories to choose not to have slavery.
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter happened in the Charelston Harbor, South Carolina. The battle was the first battle of the American Civil War. It was a battle between Major Robert Anderson and Confederate General Beauregard.
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The Monitor vs. the Merrimack
The Monitor vs. the Merrimack was a navy ship collision at Hampton Roads, Virginia near the James River was history's first match between war ships and the beginning of the new period.
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Battle of Shiloh
The battle initially begins with the confederates having an unknown attack on the Union. This backfires as the Union captures the confederates. This war ended with both sides having large amounts of casualties. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an important turning point in the war for preserving the union and nation for human freedom.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important confrontation of the American Civil War. It was against the Union and Confederates.http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment ended/ abolished slavery once and for all in the United States.
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Surrender at appomattox
The Surrender at appomattox was when 28,000 troops were surrendered to the Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appotmattox Court House. This act is what ended the American Civil War.
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Assanation of President Lincoln
While Abraham Lincoln was watching a play in Washington DC, John Wilks Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head.
http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
