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Proclamation of Amnesty and reconstruction 1863
Southern states could vote again if atleast 10% of the voter population made the pledge. -
Wade Davis Bill
50% of state population required to do the pledge before accepted as a voting state. Only non-confederates could vote. Pocket vetoed. -
Freedmen's Bureu
The bureu acted as a sort of early welfare and helped to educate newly freed slaves how to read and get an education.funding stopped in 1870. -
13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Republicans grew concerned over the increase it would create in the congressional representation of the Democratic-dominated Southern states. Southern states would dramatically increase their power in the population-based House of Representatives -
14th Amendment
Addresses rights and equal protection of the laws in response to issues related to former slaves. -
15th Amendment
The amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Those using facilities not designated for their race were criminally liable under the statute. Shows that blacks will take a stand against segregation. -
African Americans during Progressive Era
Racial descrimination increased druing progressive era. Their status declined and progressive leaders ignored them. Through the 19th centruy blacks started fighting for their rights like education. -
Post WW1 and WW2 (1918-1945)
Positives
U.S. remains neutral for war
We began a business recession with Britain and france
1912 president Wilson was elected Negatives
1914 serbian terrorist assassinates Austrian archduke
Austria invades Serbia
Austria and germany go to war against Russia and Serbia
Germany declares war against france
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19th Ammendment
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Black children were denied admission to public schools attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to the races. The white and black schools approached equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries. This case was decided together with Briggs v. Elliott and Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. -
24th Ammendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) prohibits 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. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964
