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Race Within the Colonies
During this period in time, there was no such thing as race. White men had all the power. NativeAmericanss in the new world were being stricken with foreign illnesses from the settlers and African Americans were being shipped to the new world and used to do labor for their owners . -
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Expanding the Country
After the Revolutionary War, the United States focused on developing the ideological and legal frameworks that would govern the nation, and on expanding that nation beyond the original 13 colonies. This involved asking the question of who, precisely, was included in “We the People of the United States,” and who would be excluded from that group and from the rights and privileges it conferred. With the expansion became the migration of other countries to the U.S. -
The Irish
Ill will toward Irish immigrants because of their poor living conditions, and their willingness to work for low wages was often exacerbated by religious conflict. Centuries of tension between Protestants and Catholics found their way into United States cities and verbal attacks often led to mob violence. For example, Protestants burned down St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New York City in 1831, while in 1844, riots in Philadelphia left thirteen dead. -
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Reconstruction
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gave his Emancipation Proclamation speech which stated all southern states' slaves would be free. The speech did encourage enslaved people to escape and flee north to safety. In 1865 after the war, reconstruction began. The 13th Amendment gave African Americans freedom from enslavement. The 14th amendment gave African Americans citizenship, The 15th amendment gave African American men the right to vote. -
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The Jim Crow Era
Jim Crow Laws specifically referred to laws that prohibited African Americans from having certain civil liberties. For example, the laws prohibited interracial marriage, suppressed the black vote, and mandated separate schools and establishments for black people. When these laws were broken some white Americans enforced them under an organization called the Ku Klux Klan in 1866. The African Americans rose against Jim Crow abolishing the laws entirely. -
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Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Movement's support increased while images were shown of people of color being sprayed with water by the police and acts of violence being inflicted for protesting. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited segregation on the grounds of race, religion, national origin, and gender discrimination. We continue to fight for a more progressive country today.