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Civil War Begins
War between the North and the South having to do with slavery -
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln unofficially released slaves -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln unofficially released the slaves -
Civil War ends
The south surrenders to the north -
Abraham Lincoln assasinated
A southern actor assassinated Lincoln -
Reconstruction amendments ratified
Reconstruction takes a more intense turn after lincoln is assasinated -
Reconstruction amendments passed
This was how the south was going to rejoin the United States of America -
Military Reconstruction Act passed
Military figures go into the south to enforce the reconstruction act -
U.S Grant elected
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Boss Tweed convicted of embezzlement
Boss Tweed is convicted of fraud on Wall Street -
Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
The south and north agree to be one again -
Jane Addams founds Hull House
She creates a environment for young children to come and learn. She used this to get into the heads of children about how women should be treated -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This was when a black man was forced out of a white car this brought attention to the issues of segergation -
Carrie Nation begins to smash liqueur
She fights against the growing number of drunk abusive husbands -
Booker T. Washington releases Up From Slavery
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Theodore Roosevelt takes office
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Ida Tarbell publishes "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
This was the first time a woman had confronted the way a man had done something. This was earth shattering to the society -
W.E.B DuBois forms the NAACP
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World War 1 begins
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Margaret Sanger coins the term "Birth Control"
She starts making the term more commonly known as birth control becomes more and more popular -
Birth of a Nation released
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Jeannette Rankin becomes first congresswoman
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World War 1 ends
