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The Civil War beginning was the fight in America between the South and the North and started when the Southerners attacked the Northerners at Fort Sumter.
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The Gettysburg Address was the famous speech by Lincoln expressing his gratitude towards fallen soldiers in the Civil War, and dedicating a cemetery to them.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was the proclamation that stated all slaves are free.
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The Civil War ended in 1865, when Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, while watching a play in Ford's Theater
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This was the amendment ratified that completed abolished slavery in 1865.
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This act divided the South into 5 military districts with each one being placed with military leaders and new leadership.
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U.S. Grant was elected in 1869 after the Civil War, in which he did a good job of leading the Union.
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William M. Tweed was known for being the boss a the democratic party and was a very rich man. Tweed was convicted for stealing between 25-45 million dollars.
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This was the deal that settled the election and the result was reconstruction ended.
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Jane Addams founded this and it helped shelter European Immigrants.
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This was a court case in which it allowed segregation where blacks were equal to whites but segregated from them.
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Carrie Nation thought God told her to go close bars and instead of doing it peacefully, she threw bricks and destroyed liquor. She helped women see that they can do big things and they needed to get their husbands to stop drinking.
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Roosevelt took office right after President McKinley was assassinated. He became the youngest president ever at the age of 42.
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This was an autobiography about his tough life and how it showed how hard he had to work. This helped others see how tough blacks had it.
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This was called the national association of advancement for colored people and it helped blacks get better rights and equality.
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WW1 began when Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated and this caused many things to go wrong.
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this was her helping the making of birth control allowing women to not have children when they have sex and made a big impact for women everywhere.
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This was a movie where it really downed black and made them look very evil, as well as making the KKK look good. This changed peoples ignorant views of blacks by making them look bad.
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She became the first woman ever to be elected in congress which was a big deal for women and helped influence them into politics.
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WW1 ended in 1918 when the U.S., France, and Great Britain defeated the Germans.
