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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act is where citizens have to help capture runaway slaves.
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Uncle Tom's Cab in Published
The book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a anti-slavery novel. The author Harriet Beecher.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was passed by the U.S Congress. It allows people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to make their choice whre or not to allow slavery within the borders.
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Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter Confederate pounded on Fort Sumter for hours. He threatened to ignite the place where the guns were all in so the Union Comander surrendered and the American wars began.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
During the American Civil War the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack was history's first duel between ironclad war ships.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The battle was a major early engagement of the American Civil War. It began when the Confederates started a surprise attack on the Union forces.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
When the American Civil War was on, President Lincoln was concerned of the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slaver. He knew that neither the Northerners or the residents of the border states would support the abolition.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. All attempts at compromise have failed so the US was in a bloody four-year civil war and after the battle the war became a favor of the Union army.
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The Thirteenth Amendement
The Congress passed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery in the United States.
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Surrender At Appomattox
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender took place in Appomattox Court House, ending the American Civil War.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln at a play at Fords Theater in Washington D.C. Lincoln was carried across the street to Petersen's Boarding House where he died early the next morning.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html
