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Civil War
Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865
To determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. The moral issue of slavery. And the economics of slavery and political control
President of the Union : Abraham Lincoln
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Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which King is made the first president.
Reason : To have equal rights for African American
Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room.