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The American Revolution was a political upheaval.
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President: Abraham Lincolon
Civil War fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
Large segments of the populace–particularly African-Americans, women, and men without property–have not always been accorded full citizenship rights in the American Republic, civil rights movements, or “freedom struggles,” have been a frequent feature of the nation’s history. The most important achievements of African-American civil rights movements have been the post-Civil War constitutional amendments that abolished slavery and established the citizenship status of blacks. MLK, Rosa Parks, ect