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General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, marking the official end of the Civil War.
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Civil Rights Act of 1875 is passed and gives all Americans access to public accommodations and facilities and the right to serve on a jury, regardless of race.
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Sculpture by Emma Marie Cadwalader-Guild
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Painting by George Inness
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Booker T. Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute in a one room shack with thirty adults as the inaugural class.
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One month after the June assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, European superpowers began declaring war upon one another and countries began calling on their already formed allies for help in the conflict.
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The first World War, the first modern war finally ends with Germany signing the Treaty of Versailles.
Total Deaths: 8,528,831
This marks the end of WWI but the beginning of the tension that would lead to WWII. -
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Painting by Joseph Paul Vorst
Medium: Oil on Board
