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Fugitive Slave Act
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an antislavery novel that sold over 300,000 copies. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill signed allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed. -
The Election of 1860
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
The Election of 1860 was to find a new president and the states all chose who they wanted to win. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?tab=facts
The Union only had around 85 soldiers. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
The battle of Monitor and Merrimack was between ironclad warships and naval warfare. -
battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
The battle of Shiloh was known as the Pittsburg Landing and was a major battle. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
Teh Battle of Gettysburg occured during the civil war. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
The thirteenth amendment is neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime where for the party shall have duly convicted shall exist in the united states, or any subject to their juristiction. -
Surrender at Appomattox
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
Around 9,000 men were deployed in the feilds west of the village. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination
Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Booth.