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Alien and Sedition Act
This act was used as a way to "Tighten restrictions on foreign born Americans" , This is also the period that the United States , was on the brink of war with France. -
Peninsular War
Although this war lasted for almost another 8 years, this war was a part of the Napoleonic Wars fought in the Iberian Peninsula. -
The Indian Removal Act
This act had been signed into law by former president, President Andrew Jackson. This was a law that was made for indigenous people to relocate somewhere else. -
Fugitive Act
. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. -
The Union
11 Southern states seceded from the union , making an independent government. -
Fort Sumter
On this day, confederate troops were said to fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. -
Major Turning Point
Lee took control of the confederate army, after this, he officially renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. -
Time line of civil War
Since Lincoln knew that people were starting to support abolition more then he wanted, he decided that he would take matters into his own hands, by starting to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. -
American Civil War
This is a time period where Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant. -
Abe Lincoln death
On this day, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Washington, DC.