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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was the compromise of 1850 between Southern-slave holding interests and Northern Free-soilers.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published was an anti-slavery novel, it helped lay the ground work of the Civil War.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
This allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery or not.
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1850 was when Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union Candidate John Bell.
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army.
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The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
This was history's first duel between ironclad warships.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, in southwestern Tennessee.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamations declared that all slaves shall be free.
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/nonjavatext_emancipation.html -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This was a battle in the Civil War.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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Surrender at Appomattox
The Surrender at Appomattox was one of the last battles of The American Civil War.
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The Assassination of President Lincoln
John Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the Fords Theater.
