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Civil war begins
The cival war begins -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation that stated that all slaves were to be freed. -
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln gives a speech after the gettysburg battle. -
Civial war ends
The cival war ends -
Abraham Lincoln assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth -
Reconstruction Amendments ratified
The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution -
military reconstruction act passed
These acts divided the south into five military districts -
U.S Grant elected
Ulysses S. Grant gets elected -
boss tweed convicted of embezzlement
Tweed was convicted for stealing an amount estimated by an aldermen's committee -
the compromise of 1877 ended reconstruction
deal that settled the intensely disputed -
Jane Addams founds Hull House
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Plessy V. Ferguson
It was a court case saying that segregation can stay as long as it is equal -
Carrie Nation begins to smash liquor
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Theodore Roosevelt takes office
Theodore Roosevelt gets into office -
Booker T Washington releases Up from slavery
It is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child -
Ida Tarbell Publishes the history of the standard oil comapny
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WEB Dubois forms the NAACP
NAACP is a group that focused and pushed for full rights for blacks. No more segregation. -
World war 1 begins
The start of World war 1 -
Margret Sanger coins the term Birth Control
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Birth of a nation
This was a movie that encourage segregation and inequality for blacks -
World war 1 ends
The end of World war 1 -
Jeannette Rankin becomes first congresswoman
