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Lincoln was the first republican president to be elected as president. He also represented a party that opposed slavery.
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The first land battle of the war in virginia. It was between Union army and confederate states army forces.
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Knowed for the bloodiest day in civil war. After the war, president Lincoln ordered to freed slaves.
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This amendment was created to ablolish slavery. It also stopped involuntary servitude.
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President Johnson confirmed the people the "equal protection of the laws". He also promised the "due process"
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John D. Rockefeller and four of his partners incorporated the Standard Oil Company.Rockefeller has been in the oil business since 1863.
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He was the inventor of the first phone call over a wire. It revolutionized business and other ways of communicating.
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The investment put in a bank failed which made the financial panic. This lead to the economic depression.
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Even though it was a challenge it ended a success.
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Governments in the southern states passed laws requiring racial segregation. The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) where preventing African Americans their rights.
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Due to the sinking of battle ship maine many things happened. On of them was the U.S declaring war on spain.
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People who where against imperialism pertained to this league. Their arguments towards it was that imperialism was anti-democrative, that alliance with colonies may pull the U.S into conflicts, etc.
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William was a speaker for the people that was against imperialism. He believed silver should be free.
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Morgan founded the U.S steel corporation in 1901. This gave people that worked there panic but Morgan showed them it was worth to take over all steel industry.
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Wilbur and orville flyed the first powered airplane. The first plane that flyed took record of 12 seconds on air.
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He was assasinated by serb nationalists. He was from Austria-Hungary.
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President Woodrow Wilson pointed out the 14 points he wanted for World War1. He wanted to achieve peace with Europe.
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This league was made to mantain peace. The united states didnt join the league because they feared that the alliance may pull them into conflicts.
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The government begins intense persecution against radicals. This is caused by the Red Scare.
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Unions organized a strike that unfortunately failed. This strike began on september.
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This amendment gave the rights for women to vote. It was based on the suffrage of the womens movement.
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This day the depression of stock market and unemployment began. As a reaction the citizens crowded at Wall street.
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Black tuesday was referred as the worst stock market crash in history. Because of this the roaring twenties came to depression.
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This act was supported by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley. It was signed into law and raised over 20,000 imported goods.
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The japanese surprise attacked on Pearl Harbor. The attack took place at Hawaii.
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This was an invasion created of northwest Europe. Operation Overlord was the code name for it and was also known as Operation Neptune.
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President Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill where allied leaders. They met at the Yalta conference to arranged things about the postwar.
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President Roosevelt suffered from cerebral hemorrhage. Then Vice President Harry Truman took over.
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On this day the U.S dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki Japan. It killed approximately 40,000 people that day.
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Korea got divided into a 38 parallel. Two new states where established.
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The vietnamese soldiers waved a flag to the french that where in a camp. This happened at Dien Bien Phu.
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This was in recognition of the freedom riders. Buses at this time where desegregated.
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Seven blacks and six white volunteers participated in Greyhound buses in Washington DC.
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The U.S congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin-Resolution. This ment giving President Johnson power to take actions in defending southeast Asia.
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For the 15th amendment, president Lyndon Johnson signed the National Voting Rights Act. This also had a Congressional amendment.
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Vietcong units took action over South Vietnam. More than 37,000 troops where killed that got deployed for Tet.
