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The Great Historian Years
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Fugitive Slave Act
A law in which runaway slaves were to be returned to their owners. Except in California, which was a free state. Most slaves escaped to here. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was a bill introduced to divide the land west of Missouri into two separate territories; Kansas and Nebraska. -
Election of 1860
This election was the one that Abraham Lincoln won. -
Battle at Fort Sumter ( Civil War Begins)
Confederate force opened fire on Union forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. -
The Moniter vs The Merrimack
The Confederate warship Monitor engages the Union warship Merrimack in the mouth of the James River and it was the first warship naval battle. -
The Battle of Shiloh
It was a battle between the Union and Confederates in Tennessee by a Church called Shiloh. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a bill that banned slavery but colored people were still being treated bad. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate forces drove Union defenders through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill. -
The 13th Amendment
It basicly says that slavery is not permitted in this country and that the government has the power to enforce it. -
Surrender at Appomattox
It was when Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Army of General Grant.
