<span>On March 4, 1861, a Kentucky-born congressman from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States. The new commander-in-chief inherited a Union that was divided beyond repair--torn asunder by the decades-long debate over slavery and its future in the American republic. One month later, that division erupted into a civil war. To Abraham Lincoln fell the task of guiding the country through its darkest days. At the time of his death at the hand of an assassin's bullet, the Civil War was coming to a close and the question of slavery had been settled once and for all. Learn more about the fascinating presidency of Abraham Lincoln.</span>
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<span>is a term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under political influence or control by another country. The Marshall Plan was not meant to shut out the Soviet Union or its Eastern European satellite states. Around the late 1940's Eastern Europe had many dependent satellite states.</span>
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After 1880, European colonization was motivated by the (1) urge to acquire African technology (2) need for an increase in the production of sugar (3) desire for new markets (4) demand for labor in the Americas
