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Lincoln Assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated by the gunshot of John W. Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.Lincoln is the first of 4 presidents assassinated in American history as of modern time. -
KKK founded
The Klu Klux Klan was founded. This group was against equality and freedom of Blacks. Their ideology and belief of white supremacy lingers in our society to this day -
Grant presidency
Grant is elected president in 1868 -
Panic of 1873
A panic occurred in 1873 due to bankruptcy and crash which negatively affected the economy. -
Garfield assassination
Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., and died in Elberon, New Jersey. -
Civil rights cases
five cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States declared that amendments 13 and 14 did not empower Congress to prohibit racial discrimination by individuals.