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Time Line
1842 - 1901
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1845
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James K. Polk is inaugurated the 11th President
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1851
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John Tyler is inaugurated the 10th President
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1849
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Zachary Taylor is inaugurated the 12th President
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The Continental United
States is formed
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1853
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The Compromise of 1850 |
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1850 |
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Millard Fillmore is inaugurated the 13th President
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1850
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Franklin Pierce is inaugurated the 14th President
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1853
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James Buchanan is inaugurated the 15th President
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1857
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Nov. 1860
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South Carolina secedes
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Dec. 1960
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Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana
secede
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Jan 1861
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Texas secedes
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Feb 1861
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Lincoln is inaugurated the 16th President
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March 1861
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Southern troops attack Fort Sumter - Virginia secedes - The Civil War Begins |
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1861
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Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina secede
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May 1861
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Congress allows Africans to enlist in the Union
army
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1862
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The Emancipation Proclamation
is signed
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1863
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Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address
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1863
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
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1865
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Lincoln is assassinated
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1865
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated the 17th President
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1865
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The Civil War ends
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1865
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Thirteenth Amendment
is passed ending slavery
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1865
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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1865
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Ulysses S. Grant is inaugurated the 18th President
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1869
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Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated the 19th President
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1877
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1877
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Reconstruction period
ends
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1881
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James Garfield is inaugurated the 20th President
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1881
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Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated the 21st President
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1885
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Grover Cleveland is inaugurated the 22d President
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1889
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Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated the 23 President
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1893
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Grover Cleveland is inaugurated the 24th President
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1897
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William McKinley is inaugurated the 25th President
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1901
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Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated the 26th President
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1858
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates
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1852
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
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1861
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The first women’s rights convention is held
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1848
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Gold is found in California
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Abraham Lincoln is elected
President
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1848
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B.C.E.
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"Before the Common Era." Any time before the
year 1 is noted as "Before the Common Era."
Until recently, this period of time has been called "B.C." for "Before Christ." |
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C.E.
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"The Common Era." The Common Era begins
with the year 1. This is the year we assume
Christ was born. Until recently, this period of time has been called "A.D." ("Anno Domini") which is Latin for "in the year of our Lord." |
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