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| Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President of the U.S., March 4, 1861 | Retrieve 1 Documents |
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| Abraham Lincoln Assassinated, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865 | Retrieve 3 Documents |
| Reconstruction, 1865-1877 | Retrieve 62 Documents |
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| Fourteenth Amendment ratified, U.S., 1868 | Retrieve 4 Documents |
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| U.S. Supreme Court reinstates death penalty, 1976 | Retrieve 2 Documents |
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| Jim Jones and followers commit suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, November 18, 1978 | Retrieve 4 Documents |
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| Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearings, 1991 | Retrieve 2 Documents |
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| Riots following Rodney King trial, Los Angeles, CA, April 29, 1992 | Retrieve 2 Documents |
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| U.S. v. Fordice, Supreme Court case, June 26, 1992 | Retrieve 1 Documents |
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| September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 | Retrieve 4 Documents |
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