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Civil War
The Civil War in the United States was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865. After four years of bloody combat that left over 600,000 soldiers dead and destroyed. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and the difficult Reconstruction process of restoring national unity and guaranteeing rights to the freed slaves began. -
13th Amendment
Ambolishment for slavery except for punishment -
15th Amendment
Right to vote no matter what color your skin was. -
Harlem Renaissance
A period where blacks made new art and music. -
Jackie Robinson
American baseball player who became the first African American to play in major league baseball. -
African American Civil Rights Movement
Social Movements to end all segregation and make blacks equal to whites. -
Rosa Parks Boycott
Rosa Parks sat down on a bus seat. She sat in the white section. She was aked to get up. She didn't. The bus driver called the police and she was arrested. -
Civil rights act of 1964
Legislation in the united states that outlawed discrimination like, racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It stopped racial segreagation. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a bullet. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on a balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered his right cheek, it traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. He was immediately taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing oppurtunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin and made it a federal crime to by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone.
