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Resulted in Lincoln winning and South Carolina seceding.
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The civil war officially started in 1861 at Fort Sumter with a Confederate victory.
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The Civil War offically ended at Appomattox Court House and Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's theater in 1865.
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Thirteenth amendment is passed, abolishing slavery.
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This gave citizenship to all born in US and gave African-Americans the right to own land.
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This said that your right to vote cannot be denied because of race.
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This forbid discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public places.
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James Garfield, the president at the time, was assassinated the same year he was elected president. Guy who killed him thought God told him to do it, also had a history of mental illnesses.
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The Panic of 1893 was a time of economical depression in the US. This was caused by over-speculation in the railroad industry.
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Cuba wanted to become independant and America was supporting them, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S Maine.
