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Fugitive Slave Act
By 1843 many slaves were escaping and running north for their freedom. And this is why the Fugitive slave act was passed because the northerners did not want all of the slaves running away and being on the risk of death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
Uncle Toms's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best selling novel of the 19th century and the second best selling book of that century following the bible.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was for the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery within the borders of the states. The act served to repeal the Missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36,30.http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern democrat John C. Breckenridge, democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and constitutional union candidate John Bell.https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1861.
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Battle at Fort Sumter
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack was the during the civil war and was the first battle between iconic warships.
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The Battle of Shiloh
On the morning of April 6, 1862 the southern army fled out of the woods and attacked the unprepared northern army and drove them out of their camps.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg had the most deaths of the entire war. It is often spoken as the turning point of the war. The union defeated the confederate attacks and ended Lee's attempt to take over the north territory.
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Surrender at Appomattox
With General Lee's army surrounded by the northern army, realized that there was no choice but to surrender to the northerners the two leader decided to meet April 9th 1865 they met for two and a half hours and the end of the bloodiest battle in history was over.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
Our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The assassination occurred only five days after General Lee surrendered to the north. He was thought to be killed because of him abolishing slavery.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
No slavery nor servitude except as punishment for a crime where he or she has been convicted, shall be accepted in the United States of America.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
