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South Carolina's first female governor, Niki Haley, is elected
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Democratic-Republicans were the dominate political party in the US
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The Republican party is formed against the expansion of slavery
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Abraham Lincolin was elected the first Republican president
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Southern Democrats began to "redeem" the South and formed the "Solid South"
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Strom Thurmond runs for president as a Dixiecrat Nominee
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Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman both supported desegregation
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Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Johnson both supported the Civil Rights Act
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Laws such as the Educational Improvement Act is passed