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Pony Express mail service begins
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Abraham Linolcn is elected president
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Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army
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The first income tax 3% of income is $600 5% income is $10,000
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Abraham signs Emancipation Procalmation
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Confederate loses an important battle in South Carolina
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Civil War ended Union won/ 13th amedment to abolish slavery/Abraham lincoln was assainated
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New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150
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African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
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House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
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First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah, providing continuous railroad transportation across the entire United States.
