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  2. File:Secession Map of the United States, 1861.png - Wikipedia

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  3. 1861 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). The U.S. Army abolishes flogging. John Gill Shorter is elected the 17th governor of Alabama defeating Thomas H. Watts.

  4. Historical regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...

  5. File:US Secession map 1861.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:47, 23 February 2007: 787 × 483 (111 KB): Tintazul {{Tintazul |Description=United States map of 1861, show affiliation of states and territories regarding the Secession War (Civil War.)

  6. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

  7. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [367] [375] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...

  8. List of former United States counties - Wikipedia

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    The United States Census Bureau, beginning with the 1970 United States Census, divided the Unorganized Borough into census areas. The boundaries of these census areas were largely based upon the early election districts of the state, which in turn were largely based upon the recording districts of the territory. Following is a list of former ...

  9. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

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    Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)