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Democratic-Republicans were the dominant political party in the U.S
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Abraham Lincon was elected the first republican president
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Democratic presdients Roosevelt and Truman both support desegregation
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Republicans are formed against the expansion of slavery
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Strom runs for president as the dixie nominee
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Democrat presidents kennedy and johnson both support the civil rights act
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Southern democrats began to reedem the south and formed the solid south
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Laws such as the education improvement act were passed
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South Carolina's first female governor, Nikki Haley, is elected