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  The election of Abraham Lincoln was important becasue the United States was in a time of chrisis. They needed a new leader to adress the dispute on slavery and get the United States back on its feet.
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  Succession is important because during a war, one might believe that there is little a president can do but lay aside certain principles, such as the writ of habeas corpus, even the rights of the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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  President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious areas are, and henceforward shall be free.
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  The formation of the KKK was important because they did what they believed in. *I don't believe it what important at all.
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  It was imprortan because if you were born in the United States, you were automatically a citizen.
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  It was improtant because it gave citizens the right to vote, no matter what race or color.
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  Jim Crow Laws were important because they segregated blacks and whites and during that time, blacks and whites hated each other.
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  The Election of 1876 was important important because it was the first election in over 24 years where Democrat Canidate won the the popular vote. It was a major dispute due to the fact that Rutherford Hays won the electoral votes, yet Samuel Tilden won the popular vote.
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  The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 are improtant because they helped outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals and organizations, rather than state and local governments.
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  It was important because it allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.