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C., captured by Federals. March 4-Lincoln began second presidential term. IMG:content-1551.png:[blocks in formation] force. December 25-General amnesty proclaimed by President Johnson. 1869 March 4-Uly es S. Grant inaugurated eighteenth President. May 10-Union and Central Pacific Railroad completed. December 6-Woman Suffrage inaugurated in Wyoming. 1870 January 27-Virginia reconstructed. February 3-Mi i ippi reconstructed. Fenian raids into Canada again attempted. March 30-Texas reconstructed. March 30-Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution declared effective. 1871 February 28-National Park set apart in Yellow stone Valley. May 1-Legal-Tender Laws declared constitutional by the United States Supreme Court. October 9-11-Great fire at Chicago, Ill. Destroyed greater portion of south and north sections of the city. Estimated lo , $300,000,000. December 15. Treaty of Washington, providing for arbitration on the Alabama Spoliation claims, ., agreed upon by Joint High Com- mi ion. December 19-Civil Service Reform Commi ion, established by act of Congre of March 3, promulgated report. 1872 February 8-United States National Bureau of Education established. September 14-Geneva Award.-$15,500,000 awarded to the United States by the arbitrators on the Alabama claims, etc. Se ions of Commi ion held at Geneva. October 21-San Juan dispute decided in favor of the United States by the ce ion of San Juan Island to the United States. November 9-10-Great fire at Boston, Ma .-Estimated lo , $100,000,000. November 29-Modoc Indian war in California began. 1873 February 24--Credit Mobilier scandal committee, appointed to investigate frauds in the construction of the Pacific Railroad, reported. March 4-Grant began second presidential term. 1875 January 14-Act providing for specie payments on January 1, 1879, approved by the President. November 22-Vice-President Henry Wilson died at Washington, D. C. Thomas W. Ferry elected President pro tempore of the Senate. 1876 May 10-Centennial Exhibition opened at Philadelphia; closed Novem ber 10.