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First Slaves brought to America
When help was need for labor in North America, they turned to African servants because they were cheaper. The amount of slaves that were sent to the North eventually increased to millions. source -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
source After the Revolutionary War, the south faced economic problems. The soil used to grow tobacco was exhausted, and this resulted in less money, and therefor cheaper slaves. Then in 1793, a man named Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. This machine removed the seeds, and could be hand powered. -
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Slaves escape using underground railroad
The underground railroad was a network that helped slaves escape. It included houses known as safe houses, where slaves could go to to help them escape. It eventually helped free between 40,000-100,000 slaves. source -
Dred Scott Case decision
sourceA man named Dred was temporarily living in Wisconsin with his owner. Wisconsin was supposed to be a no slavery state. When he returned back to his state, Missuri, he sued that he should be a free man since he lived in Wisconsin. He was told that he was not a citizen, so he could not sue. This made the Northerners furious. -
Dred Scott
sourceHe was a man that sued because he claimed that since he lived in a free state for a period of time, he should be free. He never got the chance to be though. -
Civil War begins
sourceThe north and the south had a lot of conflicts between them, but the biggest was slavery. The civil war was not about slavery at first, but after Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation, it was. -
President Lincoln
sourceHe was the 16th president of the US. He helped a lot of slaves get free, and that was a big cause of the civil war. -
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
sourceLincoln passed this to help slaves. He claimed that it was for the war. This freed over 3 million slaves. -
Booker T. Washington
sourceHe was the first principle at a school for african americans. He didn’t nescarilly want equality with the white people, but a reputation. -
NAACP is founded
source The goals of this group was to end all forced segregation, equal education for whites and blacks, and complete enfranchisement of all black men. It expanded to over 400 locations by 1921 -
Harlem Renaissance
sourceThe migration of blacks from the south to the north sparked this. It was the first time that publishers and critics seriously started looking at african american literature and music. -
Bus Boycott
source a women named Rosa Parks was riding a bus when the bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white man. She refused, and got arrested. This started the boycott of the bus company. King got arrested for starting the boycott, but it still lasted for over a year. Since this was leading bus companies to bankruptcy, The supreme court declared the segregated busses unconstitutional. -
African American students are escorted to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas
source9 african american students are escorted into central high school to start desegregating it. The school was closed because people didn’t like this. After it was reopened by the president, 4 of the students returned. -
