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Democratic-Republicans
were the dominant political party in the US -
Republican Party
is formed against the expansion of slavery -
Abraham Lincoln
was elected the first Republican president -
Southern Democrats
began to "redeem" the South and formed the "Solid South" -
Strom Thurmond
runs for president as the Dixiecrat nominee -
Kennedy and Johnson
supported the Civil Rights Act -
EIA
and other education laws are passed -
Nikki Haley
is elected SC's first female governor