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U.S. Civil War
1861-1865
Confederate forces shot at fort sumter and lincoln asked for every state to provide troops. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation had been written for many reasons but one of them was to help pave the way for african americans to fight for their freedom. -
lincolns Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. At 10:15 Booth fired a .44 caliber single-shot derringer. -
Alfred Nobel Patents Dynamite
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Railroad Completed
Presidents of the Union Pacific and Central decided to meet up into Utah and drive a ceremonial last spike that connects their railroads together. -
South Dakota becomes a State
President Harrison signed papers making it official that North and South Dakota became states. -
Battle of a A Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee massacre happened near Wounded Knee Creek on Dec 29, 1890.
