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Louisville and Nashville receive a charter from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to connect the two states.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, a woman wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It told of how African Americans were treated as slaves. The book also told of a slave escaping to the north.
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Harpers ferry was burned down.
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Lincon became the 16th President of the United States
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One of the Civil War Generals was Robert E Lee.
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The Confederate States were established by some states leaving the Union.
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Kentucky declares full alliance to the United States.
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The Southern Sympathizers established a makeshift Confederate government.
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General Robert E Eee surrenders at the Appomatox Courthouse in Virginia.
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Lincon is killed by a man named John Wilkes Booth.
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Samuel F.B Morse not only invented the morse code but also the telegraph. Baltimore, MD and Washington DC was where the first telegraph lines ran. These two inventions gave almost instant communication between long distances.
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US bought Alaska from Russia.
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This gives African Americans the right to vote.
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The first Kentucky Derby is run.
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General Custer fought the Sioux tribe to get them to move to a smaller reservation. Custer and his army attacked the Sioux and Cheyenne camp. The camp was full of warriors led by Crazy Horse. Custer and his troops were killed within hours.
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Louisville Slugger bats are born.
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Georage Eastman made picture taking much easier.
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In 1893 Hawaii is annexed as an US territory. This happend when the planters overthrew the queen. The Marines stormed the island without presidential approval.
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Teddy Roosevelt invented the Square Deal to deal with bussinesses and thier practices.
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Women worked hard to get the right to vote. They were called suffragettes. Women set up conventions all over the us .To get the right to vote.
