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Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave act was were they took all the run away slaves and gave them back to the masters. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves wheather to allow slavery in there border. -
Election of 1860
This was were Abraham lincoln and John C. Breckinridge were running for president. -
Battle of Fort Sumter (Civil war begins)
The battle of Fort Sumter started the Civil war because Charelston Harbor opend fire on the union. -
The Monitor vs The Merrimack
On March 8,1862 the confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress around. On March 9, the Union ironclad Moniter having Fortuitously arrived to do battle. Then the two ships fought each other then Virginia retired. -
The battle of Shiloh
On the morning of April 6, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sydney Johston pourd out of the near bye woods and Struck a line of Union Soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Having Concentrated his army around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennselvania, Gen.Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of Union Gen. -
The Thirteenth Amendement
The Thirteenth Amendement to the United States Constitution Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Thsi was one of the last battles of the Civil War. It was the final Ingagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lees army of Northan Virginia before it surrendered to the union Army under Lt. Gen.
