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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Unit 5 Timeline
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Fugative Salve Act
The Fugative Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress, it was part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding intrests Northern Free-Soilers.
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidental election. This election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civial War.
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter. This followed declarations of secession by seven southern states.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack was the most noted as one of the most important naval battle of the American Civil War. This battle was for the standpoint of the development of navies.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was when 40,000 Confedrate soliders were under the command of Gen Albert Sidney Johnson came out of a nearby woods and struck a line of Union soliders that were unprepared and took them out of their camps and threated to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant's entire command.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamaion was a presidental proclamaion and executive order issue by Abraham Lincoln. This was a war directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch of the US.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. This war is often discussed as the war's turning point.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was the abolishment of slavery and involuntary servitude, except punishment of crime.
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Surrender of Appomattax
The Surrender of Appomattax was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the last engagement of the Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
