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First Republican Party meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin.
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First Republican President, Abraham Lincoln.
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Civil War
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President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
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13th Amendment abolishing slavery, Passed.
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(Republican) Congress passes the 14th Amendment.
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National Park System is Created.
Republican-controlled 42nd Congress establishes Yellowstone as first national park. -
First African-American governor, Pinckney Pinchback
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WWI
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First woman in Congress, Rep. Jeannette Rankin
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Womens Right to Vote
"Republican-controlled 66th Congress passes the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote." GOP Website -
First Hispanic U.S. Senator, Senator Octaviano Larrazolo
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Great Depression
Ended With the funding of the allies in WWII exact date unkown (to me anyway) -
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US involvement WWII
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Cold War
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Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Act. Signed (Dwight Eisenhower)
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First Asian-American U.S. Senator, Hiram Fong.
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Civil Rights act Passed.
"Senate passes the 1964 Civil Rights Act when the Republican leader, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), defeats Democrat filibuster." GOP Website -
First Woman in Supreme Court
"Sandra Day O’Connor, appointed by President Reagan, becomes first woman on the Supreme Court." GOP website -
End of the Cold War (Ronald Regan)
Ronald Regan gives the "Tear Down This Wall" speech