Election of Abraham Lincoln--unexpected victory of the Republican Party.
1828-1860
The period of Jacksonian Democracy.
The Democratic Party controlled the American politics.
1861
American Civil War began.
1863
The middle of the middle of American history.
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of the Rams
Homestead Act
1865
Civil War ended.
US possessed a strong national government.
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1876
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
France gifted the Statue of Libery to US.
1865-1876
Occupation of the South
1898
Spanish-American War
1912
Election of Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) due to the split in the Republican Party.
1876-1912
The Republican Party dominated the White House. A period of nondescript Republican presidents due to the rise of independent economy (businessmen, capitalists, cowboys, free market).