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Fugitive Slave Act
The fugutive slave act were a pair of federal laws. It stated that any runaway slave were to be captured and returned to their owner. It was written in 1793, but it was passed in 1850. -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
TheKansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to allow slavery in their borders. -
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Battle at Fort Sumter
Thebattle at Fort Sumter took place near Charleston, South Carolina. It took over the cousre of 2 days. -
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The Battle of Shiloh
<a
href='http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/' >The</a> Battle of Shiloh was fought in Tennessee. It is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
WhenLincoln issued the Proclaimation, the Civil War had been in it's third bloody year. It stated that "All persons held as slaves shall be set free". -
The Battle of Gettysburg
TheBattle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3. It lead up to Abraham Lincoln's death. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
TheThirteenth Admendment abolished slavery stating that "Neither Slavery or involuntary service unless permitted by crime". -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender at the Appomattox took place after 4 years of over 630,000 deaths and one million casualites. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abrahamand Mary Lincoln made their way to the play, neither of them knew only one of them would make it out alive. John Wilkes Booth had come up with a plan (or lack there of) to kill Abraham by shooting him in the back of the head.