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American Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
United States abolishes trade in African peoples
In 1808 the slave trade was outlawed in Britian and the United States. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
The society was formed by an escaped slave, and a free slave. It published a weekly newspaper. -
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
US Civil War
Lasted four years and left more than 600,000 soilders dead. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Marks the beggining of mordern civil righs movement in the United States. -
Fourteenth Amendment
Marked an important first step in gaining full rights. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Gave the right to African Americans to vote, however they had many restrictions, like a literacy test and a poll tax. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Marked an unfortunate setback in Civil Rights Movement. A Court case which upheld the constitutionality of segregation in public areas under the doctrine of separate but equal. -
Ninteenth Amendment
Granted women the right the vote. -
Executive Order of 1948
Blacks and whites could serve together in uniform for the first time. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
For the first time , children of all races could attend school together. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott of the Montgomery public transit system. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Legislation signed into effect by President Eisenhower that established the Justice Department as a guarantor of the right to vote. -
24th Amendment
allows both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
Civil Rights Act
It ended unequal vothing and segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the public. -
Voting Rights act 1965
Outlawed racist voting practices. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided equal housing.
