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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive slave act was apart of the laws that referred to the "Compromise of 1850". This law was apart of the underground railroad and other stations. Abolitionists hated the law and never wanted to be apart of it. This law prohibited slave-trading and slave holding in texas. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Anti-slavery supporters were angered because the two territories were going to be allowed to have slaves. The act mandated popluar soverereignty allowing settlers of a territory to decide if slaves would be allowed or not. -
Election of 1860
The Democrats of the north and south could not agree and each held their own conventions to nominate a runner up. The Republicans saw the dispute and saw this as an advantage and found someone (Abraham Lincoln) who could become the president. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the battle that started the civil war. US Army surrendered its facilitiys and retreated. -
Monitor vs. Merrimack
This battle was the first battle to use naval warships during the American Civil war. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a very big battle with 40,000 confederate soliders trying to sneak attack the union soliders. -
The Emanipation Problamation
This came about during the third year of the Civil War and it stated that all slaves being held should be set free. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
This battle went on for three straight days. Lee tried to attack Three times. The first two times he failed and finally regained ground on his third attempt. -
Surrender at Appomattox
General Lee Surrendered his rmaining troops. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Thirtheenth Amendment formally abolished slavery
