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Fugitive Slave Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850This event was about how all escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners. -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Election of 1860
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860The election of who would become president and which we already know who become president now that it is way past then, President Abraham Lincoln was elected. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_SumterThis battle is what started the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs The Merrimack
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-MerrimackThis is a battle between Minnesota and the Monitor during the American Civil War. -
The Battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.htmlThis battle was the bloodiest battle in American History at the time. the battle lasted only 2 days long. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/This was created during the third year of the bloody Civil War and was made so that people of slave will be free. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_GettysburgThis battle involved the largest number of casualties in the entire war. This battle was know as the turning point in the war. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_ConstitutionThis Amendment was created to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htmRobert E. Lee led his army to Northern Virginia in retreat.
