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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln became president. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved people living in states under the control of the confederacy -
civil war
civil war ends when General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is killed, five days after the civil war ended -
transcontinental railroad
First transcontenintal railrroad complated at Promontory Point, Utah, providing continous railroad transportation across the entire United States
