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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act required people who found escaped slaves to turn them into their owner. It was made because by 1843 several hundred slaves had escaped their owners and went North. Runaway slaves caused fights between the North and South because South that the North was helping the slaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle's Tom Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book is about anti-slavery and was the second most purchased book following the Bible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people in those territories to decide whether or not the wanted slaves. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was when the United States were divided because of slavery. The nominees were Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas. The biggest issue in the Election of 1860 was slavery. Abraham Lincoln who was a Republican ended up winning the election with being against slavery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860 -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was near Charleston, South Carolina. The battle was between the Confederate States Army and the United States Army. This war was the beginning of the Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This battle was one of the most important naval battles during the Civil War. It was fought in Virginia for 2 days for the Confederates to break the Union block that was blocking key cities in Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. It was between the Army of Tennessee with General Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Mississippi with General Albert Sidney Johnston. General Johnston had led a surprise attack in Corinth, Missouri and ended dying during the battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was during the Civil War when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the South. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This battle had the most casualties of the war. It was when the Union came ahead in the war by beating the Confederates who were trying to invade the North. This battle lasted for 3 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment got rid of slavery in the United States. It was passed after the war so it formally got rid of slavery in all states. https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the last battle of the Civil War. General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant with the Union Army. The Union Army had two corps of Union infantry General Robert surrendered knowing he couldn't beat them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater assassinated President Lincoln. He was shot from behind in the head and was brought to a hospital across the Theater but ended up dying the next day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
