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civil war begins
civil war begins -
the gettysburg address
famous speech by abraham lincoln -
emancipation proclamation
was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country entered the third year of the Civil War. It declared that "all persons held as slaves -
gettysburg address
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civil war ends
cicil war ends -
abraham lincoln assassinated
abraham lincoln was assassinated -
reconstruction amendments ratified
are often referred to as Civil War Amendments. These are Amendments that were created and ratified in the five years following the Civil War -
reconstruction amendment passed
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military reconstruction act passed
military reconstruction act passed -
us grant elected
us grant elected -
compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
ends reconstruction -
boss tweed convicted of embezzlement
Tweed is known for the cronyism of his Tammany Hall political machine, through which he bilked the city of New York of massive sums of money. ... after his release, New York State filed a civil suit against him in an attempt to recover some of the millions he had embezzled, and Tweed was arrested again. -
plessy vs ferguson
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carrie nation begins to smash liquor
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theodore roosevelt elected
theodore roosevelt elected -
booker t washington releases up from slavery
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ida Tarbell publishes "the history of the standard oil company"
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W.E.B. DuBois forms the NAACP
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world war 1 begins
world war 1 begins -
Margaret Sanger coins the term "birth control"
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birth of a nation released
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jeannette rankin becomes first congresswoman
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world war 1 ends
world war 1 ends
