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The homestead act gave families in the western territory 160 acres of public land for a low fee and 5 years of residence on that land.
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This date is important because president Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by a man with the man John Wilkes Booth (politics)
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After Lincoln was shot and killed, vice president Andrew Johnson takes over as president.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, it was ratified on this day.
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For the first time in American history, railways linked together east and west.
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On this day the United States congress declares war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor
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The U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the Spanish American War
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For months, U.S. troops had been stationed in Tampa, Florida. The first U.S. troops landed in Cuba on this day
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Democratic political party in the United States, formed by a merger between the Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party.
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Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, the act prohibited the sale of mis branded livestock and and ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War 1.
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The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood.
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Congress declares war against Germany. The United States enters World War 1 on the side of France and Britain.
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The fall of stock prices is seen as marking the beginning of the great depression.
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Franklin Roosevelt turned around America's Unemployment rate, when he was elected the unemployment rate was 25, and in 1937, it had fallen to 14.3 percent.
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The war begins when Nazi Germany invades Poland's capital in a massive attack. within weeks the Germans defeat the Polish Army and Warsaw surrenders.
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After the attack on Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Germany Invades Norway and Denmark
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Germany begins its bombing raid against Great Britain in the Battle of Britain
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover.
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Program of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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On this day 2 plans crashed into the twin towers and killed many people.
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane
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Obama defeated the Republican Senator John McCain, making him the President and the first African American elected President.
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Two bombs detonated about 210 yards apart at the finish line on Boylston Street near Copley Square.
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The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election