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Advent of Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws seperated races in public places. Most of the laws became invaled by ASupreme Courts in the 1950's and 60's. The Civil Rights Act of 1965 and 1968 banned many Jim Crow Laws. -
Missouri Compromise
In 1820 the United States Congress debated over slavery in the Louisiana purchase area.Bitter controversy broke out in 1818 for a free or slave state.By 1820 the leaders made the Missouri Compromise to keep things even -
Dred Scott Decision
In 1857 the Dred Scott DEcision was a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States. They debated over slavery. They called the case"Dred Scott v. Sanford. It was declared that no black,free or a slave could become a citizen of the US. -
John Brown Raid (Harper's Ferry)
The John Brown Raid began in 1859. Harpers Ferry is a village in eastern West Virginia. a raid beganin this villagein 1959,Brown and his men tried to start a slave rebellion by seizing the federal ersenal. The outbreak was during the Civil War. Union soldiers controlled the village up until September 16,1862. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation Proclamation is a document that led to the end of slavery. Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamationon January 1,1863. Eleven states withdrew from the union. -
End of Civil War
The Civil war ended in 1865. The civil war took more American lives tha in any war fought in history.The was a conflict between the u.s. and a group of states that decidd to depart from the Unoin.The war ended when General E. Lee surrendered his troops to General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Reconstruction Period
Reconstruction was the period of time after the Civil War. it lasted from 1865 to 1877. The North and South America suffered damage from the Civil War. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The case beganin 1882 when Homer A. Plessy chllenged a Louisiana law. He sat in a white reserved car and told the driver he was black. The decision spread through the south for over 50 years. -
Beginning and end of WW1
Yhe war began in 1914 and ended in 1918. It was a conflict betweenmanya countries, it caused the greastest amount of destruction than in any other war before then. The war took about 9 million lives and more than 6million cvilions. World War 1 is sometimes called the Great War. -
The Great Depression-beginning and end
The Great depression was an economical slump in the 1930's. It started in 1929, the values of stocks dropped dramatically. It ended when Prsident Roosevelt came out with the New Deal. -
The Dust Bowl
In the 1930's a big part of the United States had a huge drought. It struck about 30 million acres. It mainely hit in Calorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. -
FDR's inaugeral speech
Roosevelt took charge of a nation on the edge of an economic collapse. His first inaugural speech is famous for his assurance to the nation that "the only thing to fear is fear itself." He also said that if Congress failed to act immediately, he would ask for the power to act himself. -
setting of Of Mice Of Men
John Steinback was the auther of Of Mice of Men ,it published in 1937. It portrays the friendship between 2 migrant workers during the Great Deprssion. They dream of buying their own farm. When it seems possible Lennie accedentely kills their employers daughter in law.At the end george shoots Lennie to save him fromthe lynch mob. -
When Of Mice of Men was written
It was published in 1937 and adapted into a play the same year. -
Beginning and end of World War 2
The war began in 1939 and ended in 1945. World war 2 was the most destructive war in history. About 20 million soldiers died and about 30 to 40 civilians perished. It led to the dominance of the Soviet Union and the United States. It also set of a power struggle between 2 countries called the cold war. World War 2 started the nuclear ages. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
In 1954 the Supreme Court declared racail segrigation in public schoolsto be unconstitutional. The court case began when a young black girl tried to attend an all white school. The all white school refused to let her in. The court agreed with Marshall. They agreed that seperate education facilities could never be equal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest of the segrated Montgomery, Alabama. It started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an all white bus. This caused people to protest against nonequal rights. -
setting of To kill a Mockingbird
The novel is about racism in the south during the 1930's. It centers on Atticus Finch who was a lawyer who defends a young black man falsely accused for raping a white woman. -
When To Kill a Mockingbird was written
`The novel was written in 1930 and won the 1961 Pilitzer prize for fiction. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was when a group gathers at the United States Capital. In 1963 they marched for jobs and freedom.
