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Mail Delivery system using horses along several stations in order to cover extremely long distances.
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Elected president during civil war era, several states secceded from the union upon hearing a president with anti slaverly ideals was president.
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Fight between the North and South, the confederates and union. Began at fort sumter when the south fired first, starting the hostilitites.
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Also known as the battle of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
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A battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run. An offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his army.
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First major battle of the civil war fought on Union soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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Proclomation freeing all the slaves in the states which seceded form the union. Tactical move to gain more northern support in the civil war.
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State that seperated from Virginia due to not agreeing with the Confederate stance.
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Battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. Turning point in the civil war. Ended general Lee's invation of the North.
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Speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at Soldier's National Cemetary in Gettysburg. He delivered a short speech restating the basis the country stood for and the basics of human rights. Known widely as one of the most famous speeches in American history.
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The bill made re-admittance to the Union more difficult. A majority in each Southern state to take the Ironclad oath in allegiance to the U.S. The bill passed both houses of Congress, but was vetoed by Lincoln and never took effect.
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Campaign through southern lands where Sherman and his men traveled through their towns bold as brass. Mentally destroying the south and their moral.
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700 men of a Colorado Territory militia attacked friendly Cheyenne native americans, killing 70–163 Indians, Most of whom were women and children.
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Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. The assassination was done by actor John Wilkes Booth, in an attempt to revive the Confederate side.
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The Confederacy was defeated, slavery was abolished, and the Reconstruction started guaranteeing rights to the freed slaves.
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Amendment passed permanently outlawing slavery.
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Created to protect the civil rights of African-Americans. Was vetoed but was overruled in congress.
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Restricted the power of the President to remove certain office-holders without Senate approval.
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Attempted impeachment of Johnson for removing a member of his cabinet which voilated the Tenure of Office act passed previously. Was an attempt for Repbublicans to gain control of the reconstruction.
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Rights for all citizens. Prohibits state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken to ensure fairness.
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Connecting railroad that spanned from the western united states to the east, effectively connecting them and allowing for supply and travel between those areas.
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Prohibited the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race or color.
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Fire that raged in chicago for days, but the rebuilding lead to helping chicago become the economic hub that it is today.
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Removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the Civil War.
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Ulysses S. Grant vs. Horace Greeley. Grant easily beat out Greeley, since he was the incumbent president.
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Economic depression caused by international factors such as lack of silver, gold, and trade.
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Restored the nation to the gold standard by putting support on official currency notes.
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Guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, and public transportation.
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The reconstruction in general was a failure. Though a few things remain successes to this day.