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Provided the return for slaves brought to the free states
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Abraham was elected president and Hannibal Hamlin was elected vise president with only 39% in a four-man race.
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The 15th Amendment gave the right to vote to Black men.
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About 900 Japanese immigrants arrive in Hawaii, they quickly become a large ethnic group.
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Took place in South Dakota when U.S. Cavalry troopers fired on Lakota people who had gathered. The killing of hundreds of unarmed men, women, and children essentially marked the end of Native American resistance to white rule in the West.
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Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday.
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The first post-season game in the nation between the West Coast's Standford against Midwestern Michigan. Michigan demolished Standford beating them 49-0.