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Fugitive Slave Act
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1850fugitive.asp was a tragic time for the slaves who ran away. A ransom was put out for whomever found them and brought them in. -
Kansas Nebraska act
http://www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp was when Stephen Douglas spoke up for his people. -
Election of 1860
http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=32 was when Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin both ran for presidency, and Abraham Lincoln won. -
battle of Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html was a tragic battle for many people. about 120,000 men were killed during the battle of Fort Sumter. -
Monitor vs.Merrimack
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/monitor-merrimack.html was when two american war ships fought the first engagment between two inoclad war ships. -
The battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.htmlwas a tragic war where the confederates and the union soldier were fighting for what they thought was right. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html was when President Abraham Lincoln signed a paper of rebellion against the united States. -
the battle of Gettysburg
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.htmlWas when the gettysburg defenders pushed the Union soldiers through the Gettysburg Hill Cemetary. -
the 13th amendment
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=9&title.raw=13th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution%3A+Abolition+of+Slaverysays that you cannot punish someone or make someone work for you unless it is a lawful punishment -
Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.htmlwas when General Lee and the Confederates were cut off by the Unions and then surrendered.
