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The Thirteenth Amendment
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The Fourteenth Amendment
declares that anyone born in the United States is a citizen of both the United States and of the state in which the person resides -
Civil Rights Act
guaranteeing African Americans equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, theaters and on juries. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians win Battle of Little Big Horn, killing Gen. George Custer. The battle is an outgrowth of continued U.S. violation of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty as white settlers flock to the sacred Black Hills seeking gold -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibiting further Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years. -
Scott Act
Congress passes the Scott Act prohibiting resident Chinese laborers who leave the United States from returning unless they have family in the country -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded by W.E.B Du Bois, Jane Addams, John Dewey and others. -
The Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote and is ratified by the required 36 states -
Ozawa v. United States
In Ozawa v. United States, the Supreme Court denies Japanese residents the right to naturalization because they are "ineligible for citizenship," as are foreign-born Chinese. In Congress, the Cable Act declares that "any woman citizen who marries an alien ineligible to citizenship, shall cease to be a citizen." -
LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded to fight discrimination, help educate Chicanos and protest segregation, killings and other abuses.
