Civil Rights Movement

By jillianboilard14
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  • The first slaves were brought to America

    The first slaves were brought to America
    In 1619, a Dutch ship went to Africa, and brought 20 black Africans ashore to Jamestown colony. After this European settlers turned to Africans for cheaper, better servants that the poor European servants before. Slavery became the most popular in Georgia and Virginia. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
    Slavery in America. History.com Staff. A&E Networks. 2018. 10/23/18

  • Slavery was made illegal in Northwest America

    Slavery was made illegal in Northwest America
    When slavery was abolished in Northwest America, the Ohio river was dividing the free and the enslaved. The South didn’t want to join the North because they didn’t want to give up the power that slavery gave them. Also, a main crop in the South was tobacco, and plantation owners couldn’t grow tobacco profitably, without slave help. https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/northwest-ordinance-1787-effects/
    The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and its Effects.Bryan,Dan. American History USA.2012. 10/23/18

  • Congress banned importing any more African slaves.

    Congress banned importing any more African slaves.
    Once congress realized the South imported 4 million+ slaves, they sided with the North and made a decision. On January 1, 1808, there would be no more importing slaves. Southerners could keep the slaves that they own, but no more. It didn’t stop slavery altogether, pregnant slaves’ children would already be enslaved. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade
    Congress Abolished Slave Trade in Africa.History.com staff.A&E Networks.2018.10/23/18

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise bans slavery anywhere North of Missouri. This also passed an amendment that made an imaginary line establishing free and slave territories. Missouri had been previously trying to make their territory, free. Finally after the third attempt, the congress agreed. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/abolotionist-movement/missouri-compromise
    Missouri Compromise. History.com staff. A&E Networks. 2018. 10/23/18

  • Amistad ship takeover

    Amistad ship takeover
    53 African slaves on their way to the US, rebelled. They killed all of the crew members except for the sailor. The Africans demanded the sailor bring them home back to Africa. However, the sailor ended up bringing the Africans off the coast of New York. The Africans didn't know that, they thought they were brought home. https://www.infoplease.com/spot/timeline-key-moments-black-history#AAH-1800
    Timeline: Key Moments in Black History. Brunner, Borgna. Sandbox Networks. 1018. 10/24/18

  • Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and invented Underground Railroads

    Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and invented Underground Railroads
    Harriet Tubman was a slave, and when she escaped, she wasn’t going to sit around while other enslaved people were suffering. So she invented the underground railroads. The underground railroads were tunnels, underground designed for bringing slaves away from the plantations. She became one of the most famous people in the Civil Rights movement. https://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430
    Harriet Tubman Biography. Boigraphy.com Editors. A&E Networks. 2014. 10/24/18

  • The Dred Scott case makes the decision that slaves are not citizens

    The Dred Scott case makes the decision that slaves are not citizens
    When Dred Scott wanted to sue because he lived in a free territory, but was not free, the congress made a decision. African Americans were not citizens in any way. Which means African Americans could not sue in federal court. This decision, made by congress, angered the United States and pushed the country closer and closer to the Civil War that would come later. https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision
    Dred Scott Decision. Urofsky, Melvin. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2018. 10/24/18

  • The Confederacy was formed and the Civil war began

    The Confederacy was formed and the Civil war began
    The American Civil war started when the Confederate (South) bombarded the North, after years of tension between them. Regarding slavery and slave’s rights. When Lincoln was elected it left southern states angry, so they broke off and formed the Confederacy. The war was deadly, over 2 ½ million casualties and left the south in ruin. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history
    Civil War. History.com staff. A&E Networks. 2018. 10/24/18

  • Slavery was abolished

    Slavery was abolished
    When the civil war ended in Union victory, it freed all slaves. The thirteenth Amendment was passed, it was stated that all slaves were free and could live as free people. By de jure, slavery was finally illegal. Many of the newly freed slaves decided to stay on the plantations because that’s the only form of life that they knew. https://www.infoplease.com/spot/timeline-key-moments-black-history#AAH-1800
    Timeline: Key Moments in Black History. Brunner, Borgna. Sandbox Networks. 10/25/18

  • The fourteenth Amendment was passed

    The fourteenth Amendment was passed
    The fourteenth Amendment was an addition to the Constitution redefining citizenship. Male ex slaves were now legal citizens of the US. The Dred Scott decision that was made years earlier, was different now. Now that blacks were free and have some rights, everything changed for whites. They didn’t want to change the power they had. https://www.infoplease.com/spot/timeline-key-moments-black-history#AAH-1800
    Timeline: Key Moments in Black History. Brunner, Borgna. Sandbox Networks. 2018. 10/25/18

  • The fifteenth Amendment was passed

    The fifteenth Amendment was passed
    The fifteenth Amendment was passed, which was a big step for Blacks. It gave black ex slaves the right to vote. Now that things were looking up for Black, whites got angrier and angrier. They didn’t want to change their ideology from white over black to white is equal to black. This led to so many violent attack from whites toward blacks. A lot of blacks didn’t necessarily take advantage of the new right they had because whites intimidated them enough to make them step back. Mr. E’s notes

  • Jim Crow laws

    Jim Crow laws
    Jim Crow laws were laws that enforced racial segregation. Jim Crow laws were to protect the Blacks. from the violence and the discrimination from the whites. Jim Crow laws made it so that the US was “separate but equal.” Separate schools, restaurants, transportation and more. However the quality of those things would be the same. No supremacy or racism. Just separate. At the time, this was good for everyone. It was a way to end the violence, since it was getting very dangerous. Mr. E’s notes