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The underground railroad
The underground railroad was started in the 1700's and didnt end to about 1850-60._______________https://www.google.com/search?q=underground+railroad&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS817US817&oq=underground&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j0l3.6207j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
Anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
dred scott decision
on this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories.
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Election of 1860
In Nov. 6. 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas. -
Fort Sumter is Fired Upon
Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter. -
Battle at Bull Run
Union army marched from Washington against the Confederate army. (http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-bull-run) -
Battle of Shiloh
Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, the Battle of Shiloh took place from April 6 to April 7, 1862, and was one of the major early engagements of the American Civil War (1861-65).(http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-shiloh) -
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Seven days battle
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Battle of Antietam
Confederate attempts to invade the north.(http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-antietam) -
Emancipation Proclamation
Declares "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
South Surrenders
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders April 9, 1865 -
Lincolns Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
