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Fugitive Slave act
it was made to capture runaway slaves. Held that alleged fugitives were not entitled to a trail by jury -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Established popular sovereignty ( right for the citizens to vote for or against slavery) in the new territories -
Dred Scott decision
Since Dred Scott was a enslaved African American he cant bring charges to the federal court. -
The election of Lincoln to the presidency
Lincoln wasn't on the ballots in the south. He felt slavery was mortally wrong, and he opposed expansion of slavery. -
Battle of Antietam
both armies suffered losses and was the single bloodiest battle in civil war -
Battle of Gettysburg
The union army fired at the confederate troops marched in open territory. Was the turning point of the war -
Battle of Vicksburg
Union gains control of the Mississippi River -
Gettysburg Address
Is a speech that Abraham Lincoln made so that it can help Americans to look ahead, that the war was almost over, and focusing on building america -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This abolishes slavery in the U.S. -
The Freedmen's Bureau
was to help former black slaves and poor whites in the south after the civil war. -
battle of Richmond/ Appomattox Court House
Richmond is the capital of the Confederate. Which means the civil war is over and the union wins -
Underground railroad
provided a means of escape for fugitive slaves: a network of "safe places" for runaway slaves throughout the late 1700-1865 -
Lincoln's assassination
was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth because he thought if he killed the president of America that the confederate would rise again -
The 14th amendment
equal protection under the law and the citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. -
The 15th amendment
The right of African Americans to vote.
