Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
Buried dozens of pages into the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 was the first and only congressional apology to Native peoples.
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'Lend-Lease' saw the United States send military hardware, oil, and food to foreign allies during World War 2