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14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws. It serves as the basis for applying the rights specified in the US Constitution to the states. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees the right to vote regardless "of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull petitions Congress demanding that women receive the vote under the 14th Amendment. Day not right -
Mark Twain Publishes Guilded Age
A satire about the second half of the nineteenth century written by Mark Twain. Couldn't find exact date -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
The inventor Alexander Graham Bell creates a telephone and is able to transmit his voice through it. -
Elections of 1876
Wade hampton was elected and Hayes was elected president this was an important event because it would end reconstruction. -
End of Reconstruction
President Hayes begins to withdraw federal troops from the South, marking the official end to Reconstruction. -
Womens Rights
The Senate defeats a woman's suffrage amendment 34-16. -
Jim Crow Laws
These laws segragated the whites from blacks. These laws stayed in action until 1965. Date not right -
Mississippi Plan
Mississippi Plan. Mississippi restricts black suffrage by requiring voters to demonstrate an ability to read and interpret the US Constitution. -
Populist Party Convention
Over 1000 delegates meet at Omaha, Nebraska and select a presidential nominee for the Poppulist Party -
Hurricane of 1893
This hurricane caused total desruction to rice fields which caused a loss of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ -
Constitusion of 1895
Tillman wanted to update the constitusion to limit blacks rights, but it was not passed. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson. The US Supreme Court rules that segregation of blacks and whites was permitted under the Constitution so long as both races receive equal facilities. -
18th Amendment
this law banned all alcohol consumption, purschase, or selling. This would eventually lead to prohibition.
