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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed that provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slave novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published] -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people living Kansas or Nebraska had a decision on whether they were to allow slavery within their borders, or not.
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Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was an election in which Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge in a presidential election.
[https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860] -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter were known to be the first shots of the Civil War.
[http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter] -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack was the first duel between ironclad warships.
[http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-hampton-roads] -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the largest battles fought in the Western Theater. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was when President Lincoln abolished slavery throughout the United States.
[http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/emancipation-proclamation-43] -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.
[http://study.com/academy/lesson/battle-of-gettysburg-facts-summary-significance.html] -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states that slavery can no longer be allowed in the United States. This is the Amendment that ended slavery.
[https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=thirteenth+amendment&*] -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Surrender at Appomattox was when Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant, which ended the Civil War.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
The Assassination of President Lincoln was made by John Wilkes Booth, when he entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
[http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html]
