1.
Latin American countries win independence
2.
Napoleon gains and loses power
3.
U.S. President Monroe warns Europe against interference in Americas
4.
Britain defeats China in Opium War
5. Britain
establishes direct rule in India
6.
American Civil War embitters North and South
7.
European powers plan colonization of Africa
8.
Australian colonies gain self-government
9.
Japan gains Taiwan after war with China
10.
Success of Great Exhibition leads to more world fairs
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6.
American Civil War embitters North and South
A
bloody civil war threatened to tear apart the United States in the
1860's after the Southern States withdrew from the Union and tried
to establish an independent nation. The North won the war and the
country remained united, but great bitterness still exists between
the Northern and Southern States.
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here for
an account from a member of the underground railroad.
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