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Headword Date Article Type
America declares its 'manifest destiny' 1845 Topics Short note
Free Soil party formed 1848 Topics Short note
Republican Party founded 1854 Topics
Ostend Manifesto 1854 Topics Short note
Roosevelt, Theodore 1858 - 1919 People
Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican nomination for US Senate 1858 Topics Short note
Southern delegates walk out of the Democratic National Convention in Charleston 1860 Topics Short note
Northern Democrats nominate Stephen Douglas for the presidency 1860 - 1860 Topics Short note
South Carolina secedes from the Union 1860 Topics Short note
Trent affair: Confederate Commissioners to Europe are captured by Unionists 1861 Topics Short note
Abraham Lincoln establishes Thanksgiving Day 1863 Topics
The Gettysburg Address delivered by Lincoln 1863 Topics Short note
Congress establishes the Freedman's Bureau 1865 Topics Short note
Alaska purchased by the USA for US$7.2 million 1867 Topics
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1868 Topics Short note
National Prohibition Party formed in Chicago to urge temperance 1869 Topics Short note
Johnson, James Weldon 1871 - 1938 People
Republicans choose Horace Greeley as their presidential candidate 1872 Topics Short note
First U.S. Postal Card issued 1873 Topics Short note
Boss Tweed found guilty 1873 Topics Short note

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