Civil Rights

By jacob.degenhart
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    Time Line

  • The Election of Abraham Linclon

    The Election of Abraham Linclon
    The former Illinois Repersentative is elected into office.

  • Emancipation Proclimation

    The Emancipation Proclamation stated that

  • The Creation of the Ku Klux Klan

  • Succession

    Succession
    After his assaination, President Abraham Linclon is followed by Andrew Johnson

  • The Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    The Ratification of the 13th Amendment
    This amendment abolished slavery in the Udited States

  • The Ratification of the 14th Amendment

    The Ratification of the 14th Amendment
    This amendment stated that everyone born in the United States was a citizen

  • The Ratification of the 15th Amendment

    The Ratification of the 15th Amendment
    This amendment stated that all United States citizens have the right to vote

  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    These were rules that blacks had to follow such as have completly different bathrooms and waiting rooms. Blacks were called seperate but equal.

  • The Election of 1876

    The Election of 1876
    Rutherford B. Hayes won the Presidential Election against Samuel J.Tilden with one more electoal vote than he did.

  • The Civil Rights Cases of 1883

    The Civil Rights Cases of 1883
    These cases involved five blacks that sued bus companies, theaters, and hotels for their "Whites Only" signs