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Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave law was passed by the united states congress on September 18, 1850 as part of the compromise of 1850 between southern slave-holding interests and northern Free-solders. -
uncle tom cabin published
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kansas-nebraska act
the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
Election of 1860
United States presidential election of 1860, American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
battle of fort sumter
The battle was a bombardment of fort Sumter near Charleston, south Carolina by the confederate states army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the united states army that started the american civil war. -
The Monitor vs. The merrimack
The battle between The Monitor and The Merrimack during the American Civil War was history first duel between ironclad warships -
The battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh also known as the battle of Pittsburgh landing was a major battle in the western theater of the american civil war -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential Proclamation and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 -
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