History of USA

1898&nbsp;- US gains Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba following the Spanish-American war. US annexes Hawaii.

1860-61&nbsp;- Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering civil war with abolitionist northern states.

1863&nbsp;- Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1860&nbsp;- Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln elected president.

1854&nbsp;- Opponents of slavery, or abolitionists, set up Republican Party.

1865&nbsp;- Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.

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