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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act On this day the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. It was a law that was linked to the "Compromise of 1850" This made California a free state, and it prohibited any more slave-trading in the district of Columbia. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act On this day the newly passed Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people within Nebraska and Kansas to decide if their state was slave free or not. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860 On this day was the election in which four canidates ran for the Presidency, it is also the day that Abraham Lincoln became President. -
Battle at For Sumter
Battle at Fort Sumter On this day a group of Confederate soldiers surrounded a Union stronghold, forcing them to surrender. -
Monitor vs. Merrimack
Montior vs. Merrack On this day, the Ironclad Confederate Merrimack engaged with the Union Monitor in an epic battle of newly designed naval ships. The battle ended on December 31, 1862 when the Monitor was lost. -
The Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh On this day the Confederates launched an attack on the Union, but they were soon forced to retreat. Both sides suffered heavy losses with over 23,000 soldiers killed and more wounded. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation On this day President Lincoln issued a document that stated all slaves in all states are hereby free. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg On this day the Battle of Gettysburg started between the Union and Confederate forces at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After three days of fighting, the Confederates retreated, with enormous casualties on both sides. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment On this day, President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment stating that slavery is now banned and illegal. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender at Appomattox On this day General Lee of the Confederates agreed to meet Union General Grant in order to negotiate terms of surrender.
