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Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President
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Civil War begins
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Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
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Civil War ends
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Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilks Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington
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Frederick Douglas is the 1st U.S. black delegate at a national convention
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Andrew Johnson is impeached
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The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed in Utah
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15th Amendment implemented
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Yellowstone National Park is founded
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The Panic of 1873 Begins
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The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Thomas Edison creates the first commercially viable light bulb
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President Garfield is shot and killed
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Civil Rights case 109 US 3 1883 legalizes the doctrine of segregation
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The Statue of Liberty is given as a gift by France in New York City
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National American Woman Suffrage Association is founded
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Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal"
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Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War
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First World Series
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Ford Model T appears on the market
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US penny is changed to the Abraham Lincoln style
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RMS Titanic sinks
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US enters World War 1
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World War 1 ends
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19th Amendment implemented
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First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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"The Jazz Singer" is the first movie with sound that is released
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The Great Depression begins
