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There have been many events that have shaped the United States into its current form.

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General Grant for the North and General Lee for the South both graduated from West Point.

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On March 10, 1876...

Alexander Graham Bell recorded in his lab notebook that he successfully tested his new experiment, the telephone. He called his assistant, Thomas Watson, and said, "Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you." That day, he also wrote a letter to his father about his success, and speculated that "the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water and gas — and friends converse with each other without leaving home."

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