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Fugitive Slave Act
Passed as part pf the compromise of 1850 between Southern Slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soldiers
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850) -
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Stuff That Happened in 1850-1865
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle toms cabin is a Anti-Slavery novel wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which "Helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War"
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
(www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm) -
Election of 1860
The Election in which Abraham Lincoln became the U.S. President
(https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860) -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Southern States Army
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter) -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The first duel between ironclad warships, between two american ships. -
The Battle of Shiloh
A major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War
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The Emancipation Proclamation
an executive order ordered by President Abraham Lincoln
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation) -
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Surrender at Appomattox
one of the last acts of the Civil War
(www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm) -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Fords Theatre
(www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination) -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Embellishment of slavery in the United States
(https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html)
