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Samuel Tilden was born
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Rutherford B. Hayes was born
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Breaking the Union
As the Southern states started to secede after Lincoln's election to the Presidency in 1860, Hayes was unsure on the idea of a civil war to restore the Union. -
Beginning of Civil War
America fights over slavery with the North and South, if this war wasn't fought then slavery would have extended longer -
End of civil war
Confederate general Robert Edward Lee's surrenders to Ulysses Grant -
End to slavery
Thirteenth amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States -
Hayes elected President
Hayes was elected president in one of the most debated elections in national history -
Election of 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden both run for presidency and created conflict until the compromise of 1877 -
Compromise of 1877
Congress settles the conflict of the election and had their final vote determining the outcome of the presidency. -
Samuel Tilden Dies
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Rutherford B. Hayes dies
Hayes died of a heart attack at his home