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Civil Rights
Civil Right Movements in the United States -
13th Admendment
-Slavery was outlawed everywhere in the United States and all territories controlled by the United States.
-Slaves were officially set free from white people's rule. -
14th Admendment
-The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves.
-Slave now had a new found freedom within the United States as a citizen -
15th Admendment
-The 15th Amendment was the last of the “Reconstruction Amendments” to be adopted.
-It was designed to prohibit discrimination against voters on the basis on race. -
Plessey vs. Ferguson
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19th Admendment
-The United States provided men and women with equal voting rights.
-Allowed women to be considered eqaul to men for the first time. -
Excutive Order of 1948
-Executive order issued by president Haryy S. Truman that abolished racial segregation amongst the armed forces.
-Allowed blachs blacks to fight amongs whites in combat. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
-Legally ended segregation in schools.
-African Americans were able to attednd the same school as whites and recive the same education,
-This gave African Americans hope for the future. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
-The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in 1955 that was to oppose the cities racial segregation policies in public transportaion.
-Led to the Supreme Court establishing that Montgomery, Alabama's laws were unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
-Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white.
-Marked a high point in the civil rights movement.
-Rosa Parks had been fighting for civil rights for 10 years but this was the first time she had deliberately broken a rule and set an example for fellow civil rights activists. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
-Gave African Americans the right to vote.
-They could finally have some what of a say in political maters through their right to vote.
-Led to the idea that African Americans were equall to othere U.S. citizens.
-Signed by Eisenhower. -
24th Admendment
-Eliminated the poll tax that kept many African Americans from voting.
-This caused many African Americans to go vote and have a say in politics. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
-Outlawed all forms of discrimmination among African Americans.
-One major form was racial segregation in publlic.
-African Americans could now go to school, eat, and ride together with whites on the same bus. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-Law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices.
-African Americans could now freely go to the polls and vote without fear and there votes would actually be counted. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
-Law that provide equal housing oppertunities regardless of race.
-African Americans could freely live and buy house where they want and not be turned away becasu of race
