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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ended the war between the United States and Mexico. The United States gained lands that would become the future states of California, Utah, and Nevada; most of Arizona; and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union. This sparked the civil war. -
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Civil War
A civil war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Civil rights act
Affirmed the “equality of all men before the law” and prohibited racial discrimination in public places and facilities such as restaurants and public transportation.