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The Emancipation Proclamation
//*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[1]The Emancipation Proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln to declare freedom for all slaves. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
//*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[1]The Battle of Gettysburg was between the Confederates and the Unions, it had the largest amount of casualties during the whole war. -
Fugitive Slave Act
#mw-content-text > p:nth-child(6) //*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[2]The Fugitive Slave Act was part of a compromise in 1850 that said that all escaped slaves must return to their owners and everyone of the states had to cooperate with this law. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed white male settlers to decide if they wanted slaves in their territory. The Act was actually made to open new railroads and farms. -
Election of 1860
//*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[1]The Election of 1860 was the reason for the outbreak of the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimac
//[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[2] //[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[3]The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac was the first combat that met in ironclad warships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
In the Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Civil war. confederate soldiers had launched a surprise attack on Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his army. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
//*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[1]The Thirteenth Amendment was made to get rid of slavery in America. -
Surrender at Appomottox
//*[@id="mw-content-text"]/p[17]The Surrender at Appomottox was an easy agreement for both sides because Confederate Robert E. Lee was offered by Union Ulysses S. Grant that if he surrendered he and his army would not be imprisned or trialed for treason. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
//*[@id="section_intro"]/pThe Battle at Fort Sumter, the first shots of the Civil War were shot, which it is mostly known for.
