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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act happened in 1850. It was an act the forced law enforcement help recapture slave runaways from the south. https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3b.html -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel that was published in 1852. It is a book that is against slavery and supposed the "fuel" the black slaves at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act in 1854. It said that the people of Kansas and Nebraska could choose if they had slaves or not. This act also put the end to the Missouri Compromise. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 happened in 1860. That election was the election that Abraham Lincoln became the president of the United States of America. There was a huge split between the North and the South so 7 states left the country which ended up in the Civil War. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter happened in 1861. It was a major Civil War battle. The Confederates surrounded the Union and opened fire for about a day. The end result was the Union general surrendering. -
The Monitor vs The Merrimack
The Monitor vs The Merrimack was a Civil War Battle in Virginia. It was the first meeting of Ironclad Warships. This very interesting battle received worldwide attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads -
The Battle of Shiloh
This Civil War Battle took place in Tennessee.The Union won this battle thanks to the Hornet's Nest and the amount of soldiers that were fighting for the north. 24,000 people died at this battle. http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-shiloh -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that freed slaves so there was no slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation was actually issued twice. This allowed the black people to join the Confederate Army and this ticked off white southerners. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/emancipation-150/10-facts.html -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a Civil War Battle in Pennsylvania. There was sever fighting for three days. Nobody stopped fighting in this extreme battle.(except for the dead people) http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html?tab=facts?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
Surrender at Appomattox
Both armies moved in to Northern Virginia for one more final fight. The Union pushed the Rebels back and where winning the fight. Finally Robert E. Lee surrendered. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 as the 16th president. He was watching a play at Ford's Theater and John Wilkes Booth shot him. He died the next morning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment is an Amendment that ended slavery. https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
