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Fugitive Slave Act
This law was enacted on September 18, 1850. It was enacted because several hundreds of slaves were escaping to the North and most were not being returned to their owners. It required officials to arrest and return any runaway slaves to their owners. Any who didn't had to pay a huge fine. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
This was an act on January 4, 1854. It was an attempt to allow Kansas and Nebraska settlers choose if they were a free state or a slave state. It made more compromises between the North and the South and helped lead to the Civil War. -
Election of 1860
This was the 19th presidential election. I was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. This election had a big impact on teh start of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln won the election. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
This was the start of the Civil War. The Confederates attacked a Union fort. The Confederates won the three day battle against the Union. That started the American Civil War. -
The Monitor vs The Merrimack
This was the first Naval battle of the war. The Confederates tried to break the Union blockade of Southern ports. Both the ships were very strong. They both were eventually destroyed however. -
Battle of Shiloh
This battle was fought in southwestern Tennessee. It was during the American Civil War. The Confederates lost this battle to the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was an executive order made by President Abraham Lincoln proclaiming that all states in rebellion, were tohave slavery abolished. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was a battle between the Union and the Confederates. This battle had the largest number of casualties in the war. It was often refered to as the turning point of the war. This battle awas a Union victory and a Confederate defeat. -
The Surrender of Appomatox
this was the end of the war. The confederate army was surrounded and they were forced to surrender. This soon ended the war. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This was the thirteenth amendment to the constitution. It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
