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United States Civil War
The South threatened to secede from the North and a Civil War erupted. -
Ida B. Wells Born
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Emancipation Proclamation
Congress passed the Emancipation Proclamation introduced by President Abraham Lincoln. -
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Reconstruction Era
Government effort to reorganize the South and rebuild the North. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Ratified into law granting African American the right to vote. -
Jim Crow Era begins
Set of laws, known as the "Black Codes," created by white southerners to restrict the rights of African Americans. -
Statue of Liberty is unveiled
President Grover Cleveland the Statue of Liberty to the United States. -
Columbian Exposition
An event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' expedition to the "New World." -
Plessy v. Ferguson judgement
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was legal in the South. -
NAACP Founding
The National Association of Colored People was founded. -
The Great Migration
Millions of African Americans begin moving out of the South to the North, Midwest, and Western parts of the country. -
Women's Suffrage Parade
Women of various suffrage groups marched in a parade in Washington D.C. -
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World War I
The U.S. enters World War I in Europe -
Tulsa Massacre
Race riot perpetrated on the African American residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, supported by U.S. military -
The Great Depression
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Ida B. Wells Death
Ida B. Wells passes away.