Republican Achievements

First Republican Party meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Mar 20, 1854

First Republican President, Abraham Lincoln.

Nov 6, 1860

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.

Jan 1, 1863

13th Amendment abolishing slavery, Passed.

Jan 31, 1865

(Republican) Congress passes the 14th Amendment.

Jan 13, 1866

National Park System is Created.

Mar 1, 1872

Republican-controlled 42nd Congress establishes Yellowstone as first national park.

First African-American governor, Pinckney Pinchback

Dec 9, 1872

WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1919

First woman in Congress, Rep. Jeannette Rankin

Mar 4, 1917

Womens Right to Vote

Mar 4, 1919

"Republican-controlled 66th Congress passes the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote." GOP Website

First Hispanic U.S. Senator, Senator Octaviano Larrazolo

Dec 7, 1928

Great Depression

Period: Nov 29, 1929 to Mar 8, 1942

Ended With the funding of the allies in WWII exact date unkown (to me anyway)

US involvement WWII

Period: Dec 8, 1941 to Aug 15, 1945

Cold War

Period: Jan 8, 1947 to Jan 8, 1991

Exact Dates undecided to historians

Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Act. Signed (Dwight Eisenhower)

Sep 9, 1957

First Asian-American U.S. Senator, Hiram Fong.

Aug 21, 1959

Civil Rights act Passed.

Jun 10, 1964

"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

Sep 25, 1981

"Sandra Day O’Connor, appointed by President Reagan, becomes first woman on the Supreme Court." GOP website

End of the Cold War (Ronald Regan)

Jun 12, 1987

Ronald Regan gives the "Tear Down This Wall" speech