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The Fugitive Slave Act
slaves.memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3b.htmlThe Fugitive Slave Act allowed the return of escaped black -
Kansas Nebraska Act
[www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp](www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp)The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 may have been the single most significant event leading to the Civil War. -
Election of 1860
This was the election that made Lincoln our 16th president [www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp](www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp) -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the surrender of fort Sumter and it started the American Civil War.
[www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html
www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html](www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html) -
The Monitor vs the Merrimack
It was the first battle of iron clad war ships and the beginning of a new naval era.
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The Battle of Shiloh
40,000 Confederate soldiers struck a line of Union soldiers.
[www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html
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The Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln signed a document saying that all slaves shall be free. www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured.../emancipation_proclamation/CachedSimilar -
The Battle of Gettysburg
A Confederate general concetrated his army around Gettysburg awaiting the arival of Union Forces. www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html -
The surrender of Appomattox
The final engagement of the confederate states army before it surrendered. www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.htmlCachedSimilar -
The Thirteenth amendment
The Thirteenth amendment banned slavery. www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html