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Glossary Term – Event

Slave trade abolished in Washington, DC

Congress abolished the slave trade in Washington, DC, effective January 1, 1851.

Inaugural Address of President Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929 (Gilder Lehrman Col

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Herbert Hoover’s Inaugural Address, 1929

In November 1928, Republican Herbert Hoover was elected president over the...