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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise it involed primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. And it was a agreement that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States for the next 30 years.Under the agreement the territory of Missouri was admitted as a slave state.The territory of Maine was addmitted as a free state. -
Escape of Harriet Tubman
She escaped nineteen missions to rescue more than 300 slaves. she later helped John Brown recuit men for his raid on Harper s ferry. Harriet Tubman was beaten by masters to whom she was hired out. She suffered a severe head wound when hit by a heavy metal weight. -
civil war
The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars. All Confederate generals surrendered by that summer. The defending Confederate army failed,leading to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court house. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime. It was passed by the senate on April 8, 1864. Slavery had been tacitly protected in the original Constitution. Though the Amendment formally abolished slavery throughout the United States. -
15th Amendment
It was the right to vote based on that citizens race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was ratified on February 3, 1870 as the thrid and the last of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment survived a difficult ratification fight and was adopted on March 30,1870. United States Supreme Court decisions in the late nineteenth century. -
Rosa Parks bus boycott
She sat near the middle of the bus, just behind the 10 seats reserved for whites. Soon all of the seats in the bus were filled. When a white man entered the bus, the driver insisted that all four blacks sitting just behind the white section give up their seats so the man could seat there. -
I have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther king had a dream and gave a speech about racism in front of a big croud. He wanted his childern to be treated by there person not there color of there skin. His speech was called the Dream speech. He treated everyone with repect and he was a trueful man. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Is a landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation in the United States. Powers givin to enforce the act were initially weak but were supplemented during later years. The laws under the Fourteenth Amendment and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. -
Loving v. Virginia
The case was brought by Mildred Loving a black women and Richard Loving. A white man who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia. -
Civil Rights of 1968
Is a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that Provied for equal housing opportunities.The act was signed into law during the King assassination riots.
