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Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
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The Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham declares slaves as free men. -
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Reconstruction
Time after the end of the civil war, when the US is reconstructing the southern states. -
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Public Education enacted through all states
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Presidency of Andrew Johnson
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Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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Jim Crow Era
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Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
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Presidency of James Garfield
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Presidency of Chester A. Arthur
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Chinese Exclusion Act begins
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Joseph Pulitzer builds the New York World newspaper
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Presidency of Grover Cleveland
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Presidency of Grover Cleveland
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William Randolph Heart begins buying up newspapers
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Presidency of William McKinley