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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was when they had to return runaway slaves back to their owners who escaped. This Act was later on repealed in 1864 even though it was passed by the Congress.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
The author name Harriet Beecher Stowe was known as,"little lady who started a war", since it was the second best selling book that impacted and also bringing them attention that it increased tensions with the Southern and Northerners that it brought both of them to the Civil War
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was about the two territories to decide themselves to allow slavery in their borders, later on the act was repeal to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which they prohibited slavery.
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the presidential election between the Abraham Lincoln who was a Republic and Stephen A. Douglas a Democrat, after the election Lincoln was elected as president with was a close call
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The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War between the Confederate and the Union at South Carolina's harbor
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The Monitor vs The Merrimack
This battle was also called the Battle of Hampton of the American Civil War at Virginia harbor. The Merrimack was from the Confederates and the Monitor was the Union's which was command by Lieutenant John Worden.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing where it happened at the Southwestern Tennessee when the Confederates had a surprise attack on the Union.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was only applied to the rebellion because due to the Confederacy having their own law, and was also led to total abolition of slavery and was later on the 12th amendment
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the other part of the American Civil War with the Union and the Confederates. Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate Army, which he decides to invade the North again, which was the second time. General G. Meade was the commander of the Union Army of the Potomac
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Surrender at Appomattox
General Robert E. Lee a Confederate General was the one who surrendered at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, which is the ending of the Civil War.
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to ever get assassinated at Ford's Theatre by a man name John Wilkes Booth. He had a reason to assassinate the president because the South had just surrendered to the Federal forces, which he wanted to end the presidents plan
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was about abolishing slavery, which President Lincoln approved this amendment. December 6, 1865 it was ratified and was passed at the end of the Civil War.
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=40
