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President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.
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Bill to protect the civil rights of African Americans during the time of the Civil War and overthrew the veto of President Johnson.
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Group that began in the south and were strong on ideas of racisim and white supremacy. They tortured African Americans and immagrants for years to come.
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Alaska becomes part of the United States after it was purchased from Russia.
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Ulysses Grant wins presidency and will stay in office for two terms.
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Jim Fisk and Jay Gould currupt the president into raising the price of gold and buying all the available gold and stocks, only to lower the price and cause many to lose large sums of money.
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This amendment added to the Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote.
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One of the large monopolies that was formed and operated by John Rockefeller.
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The Tweed Ring scandal formed by Boss Tweed and his followers begin at Tammany Hall.
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Union Pacific Railroad uses curruption to steal money for the government by claiming to build the country's railroad systems.
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Caused by overspeculation and unsecure loans, many of the country's banks shut down and businesses everywhere went bankrupt.
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The federal government steals taxes from the sale of whiskey. About one million dollars were taken from the treasury.
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Alexander Graham Bell creates the telephone and opens up a new world of opportunity for communication.
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After trouble with the number of electoral votes, Hayes wins the presidencial election after it is agreed to take union troops out of the south.
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All remaining union troops were pulled out of the south and they could now live without constant interaction with the north.
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Garfield wins the presidency over Winfield Scott Hancock.
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Garfield was assassinated by Charles J Guiteau the same year he began his precidency.
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Act that made it illegal for any Chinses immagrant to migrate to America.
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The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, Cleveland defeats Harrison for president.
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Harrison becomes president of the Unites States in the election of 1888.
