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Fugitive Slave Act
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed as part of the compromise in 1850 and it says that the southern slaveholders can go capture slaves that have escaped to the free states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the united states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
The Kansas-Nebraska act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allows slavery within their borders. -
Election Of 1860
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
The election of 1860 was the election that Abraham Lincoln won to John C Breckenridge -
Battle of Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?tab=facts
The Battle of fort Sumter was the bombardment of fore sumter by south Carolina by the confederate states army . This started the american civil war. -
The monitor vs. The Merrimack
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/hampton-roads.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
The monitor vs. The Merrimack was a battle during the american civil war. -
The Battle Of Shiloh
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was a major battle it took place in the western theater of the american civil war. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
On 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which set more than 3 million black slaves. It was meant to end slavery in the rebelling states. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg took 3 days long. The battle was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg. This war is often described as the war's turning point. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 at the theater in Washington. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln because he was a confederate sympathizer during the war. Booth shot Lincoln in the head that night and he died the next morning. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
The thirteenth amendment was passed on 1865. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. -
Surrender At Appomattox
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
The Surrender at Appomattox is where General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant which ended the american civil war.