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this is when the civil war began
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the emancipation proclamation was issued
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Lincoln gave the gettysburg address
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civil war ends
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Lincoln was assassinated
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reconstruction amendments was ratified
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Military Reconstruction Act was Passed
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U.S. Grant Elected
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boss tweed convicted of embezzlement
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compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
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Theodore Roosevelt takes office
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World War I starts
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World War I ends