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Fugitive slave act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 Basically it made free escaped slaves made slaves again upon capture. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm Basically it allowed people to decide if they wanted slaves or not on there terrotory. -
Election of 1860
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860 This election was a main cause of the Civil War becuase of Abraham Lincolns new laws. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter This is the very very first battle of the Civil War. -
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
<ahref='http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads</a> The battle of Hapton Roads is another name for this battle. -
The battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html Huge army of 40,000 versus small army of 30,000 resulting in 23,000 casualties. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/ It made it so all slaves in rebellious states would be freed. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg The battle of Gettysburg is a Major turning point in the war. -
Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm This is where the Appomattox tribe surrendered to the USA. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution This the 13th amendment which basically abolished slavery in the U.S.A!
