1844-1877

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    Mexican-American War

  • Woman's Suffrage Movement takes prominence

    The WSM begins to take prominence after the meeting at Seneca Falls, NY.
  • Gold discovered in California

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott case)

  • Harper's Ferry Raid

  • Period: to

    American Civil War

  • Period: to

    Abraham Lincoln's presidency

  • Confederate States of America formed

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lincoln's 10-Percent Plan

    Formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
  • Period: to

    Reconstruction Era

  • 13th Amendment ratified by states

  • 14th Amendment ratified by states

  • 15th Amendment ratified by states

  • Panic of 1873