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Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise. The act also allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide by their selves whether or not to allow slavery within their territories.
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Fugitive slave act
The Fugitive Slave Law was made by the United States Congress, it was apart of the Compromise of 1850 between the Southern holding slaves and the Northern Free Soilers.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin or also know as Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel. The novel was created by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the novel "helped the Civil War."
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the United States presidential election of 1860. Where the Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John S. Breckinridge.
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Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter was a bombardment of Fort Sumter by Charleston, South Carolina. The return gunfire and surrender by the United States Army that started the Civil War.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack which was also called Battle of Hampton Roads. During the Civil War, the Navy engaged at Hampton Roads in Virginia. Was history's first war between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of warfare.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, which was also named the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The battle was a major battle in the Western Theater of the Civil war.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation meant that if the Southern states did not cease their rebellion by January 1st, 1863 then the Proclamation would go into effect. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was between the Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. The battle was in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court house was fought in the morning. This battle was one of the last battles of the Civil War.
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday. He and his wife were attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., as the Civil War was coming to a close.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states that neither slavery nor non voluntary serving, except when giving a punishment for crime.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
