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Period: to
1800-1876
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Lousisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson doubles the size of the US with this purchase -
Abraham Lincoln elected
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South Carolina Secedes
On this date, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. -
Start of the Civil War
On this date, at Fort Sumter, the first shots of the war were fired. -
Gettysburg Address
On this day, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech to rally the North and to remind them what they were fighting for. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
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End of the Civil War
On this day, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
On this date, John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in a theater.