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Period: to
Civil Rights
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Slavery Banned
Congress ends the slave trade -
Compromise of 1820
States separated into slave/free -
American Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison
(Did not include women) -
First Women's Rights Convention
Seneca Falls
Stanton and Mott
Called for abolition of legal, economic and social discrimination -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cruelty of Slavery -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Blacks considered property, regardless of in North or South -
13th Amendmnet
Banned all forms of slavery -
Voting Rights Act
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Invalidated some of the black codes
- Made African Americans citizens
- Congress given power to intervene if states do not obey
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14th Amendment
Cittizenship to all freed slaves
Equal Rights Amendment -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Grant equal access to public accommodations -
Plessy v Ferguson
Separate but Equal Doctrine -
Korematsu v. U. S.
Legalized discrimination against Japanese Americans -
Brown v. Board of Education
- Plessy unconstitutional under equal protection clause
- Schools must be integrated
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Brown v. Board of Education II
Racially segregated systems must be dismantled -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Resulted from Rosa Parks -
SCLC Founded
Created by Martin Luther King -
March on Washington
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The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan’s
Women's Rights equivalent to Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Equal Pay Act
Women must be paid the same wage as men -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Outlawed discrimination in voter registration
- Barred discrimination in public accommodations
- Prohibited discrimination in employment on grounds of race, creed, color, religion, national origin or sex
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Lawrence v Texas
Step Towards Gay Rights
