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Unit 5 Timelilne
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Fugitive Slave Acts
<a href='http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts' > The fugitive slave acts were a pair of federal laws tha allowed people to capture and return any runawayslaves within the territory of the United States. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the act that allowed people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery inside thier borders. -
Election of 1860
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp The election of 1860 served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The Election of 1860 was the 19th presidential election. -
Battle of Fort Sumter (Civil War begins)
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html The Battle of Fort Sumter was the surrender of Fort Sumter, this battle was near Charleston, South Carolina, and was what started the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack The Monitor vs. The Merrimack is also called the Battle of Hampton Roads. This battle is known as history's first duel betweenironclad warships and the begining of a new era of naval warfare. -
Battle of Shiloh
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh The Battle of Shiloh was one of the early engagments to the Civil War. It began when conferderates launcheda surprise attack on union forces. The union had victory, however both sides surveyed heavy losses. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln and stated that all slaves in the rebelious state shall be thenceforward, and forever free. -
Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a victory, general Lee ordered attack on July 3, with fewer than
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Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house On April 9, 1865 General Robert Lee surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Ulysses S. Grant in the Appmattox courthouse. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/thirteenth-amendment The Thirteenth Amendment was the amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States. It was raddified after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
