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Fugitive slave act
https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3b.htmlthe fugitive slave act was a law in the united states that would capture runaway slaves to for a reward and sent back to their plantations. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/152119 uncle tom was not know as a real person but harriet beecher stowe had an inspiration. Uncle Tom was to reevaluate slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm this act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery in their states. -
Election of 1860
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp the election of 1860 was the election when Abraham Lincoln ran for president and won the presidency. -
The battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the beginning of the civil war when the confederates attacked the union army and the union surrendered. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
http://blogs.wit.edu/hist-415/monitor-vs-merrimac/ this war was mainly on the ocean or sea fighting with warships. it was a major turning point for the united states. althoguh the warships were still mainly made of wood they still were starting to look like modern warships. -
The battle of Shiloh
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/shiloh.htm the batttle of Shiloh was meant to be a bigger war because the union was asking for reinforcements but the confederates already knew -
The Emancipation Proclamation
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/EmanProc.html the emancipation proclamation was the changing of the civil war that freed the slaves for the union to start fighting harder to win the war. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html?tab=facts?referrer=https://www.google.com/ the battle of gettysburg is known as the most bloodiest battle in the civil war -
The thirteenth amendment
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40 the thirteenth amendment is the abolishing of slavery and anywhere in the united states is illegal to have slavery. -
Surrender at Appomattox
https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm the battle of Appomattox took place in a small city where a courhouse named the appomattox was present. -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
http://www.ushistory.org/us/34f.asp the assassination of president lincoln took place when lincoln was at a theatre and a confederate guy shot him and killing him.
