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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
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The Republican Party Started
On this date, the Republican Party is started. To go against the Kansas Nebraska Act. The Republican Party was started as a response to many issues that caused trouble to a lot of political parties in the U.S. and to stop the spreading of slavery. -
Lincoln Wins!
Abraham Lincoln wins the election for Presidency. Many looked forward to the end of slavery, rescue of the Union, to reconstruct, and to provide equal rights to every man in the American Civil War. -
Lincoln Shot.
Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth. -
Teddy Roosevelt takes office!
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after William McKinley is assassinated. -
Prohibition
Prohibition is passed, due to the ratification of the 18th Amendment. Which prohibited the sale, transportation, and manufacturing of alcohol/alcoholic beverages. -
The 31st President
Herbert Hoover serves as president from March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933. -
BLACK TUESDAY
The start of the Great Depression, this stock market crash was known as "Black Tuesday"...which resulted in the Depression lasting 10 years. -
The Depressions Effect on the President
President Hoover loses his presidency to the 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, due to the Great Depression. -
Breaking a 20 Year Lock
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the President, thus ending a 20 year winning streak for the Democrats. -
Nixon
Years after, Richard M. Nixon is elected President of the U.S. One of the more infamous presidents, due to his latter years. -
Nixon resigns!
Nixon resigns his presidency after the Watergate scandal. -
President Ford
After Nixon steps down as president...Gerald Ford becomes the first and only person to serve as President and VP. -
The Reagan Era
Ronald Reagan serves as president from 1981 to 1989 and brought about the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
