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1800-1980
The events that happened from the 1800's to 1980's -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery states in the US -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred scotts owner, Sanford, was living in free soil and Dred Scott was still enslaved so he sued his owner. -
The John Brown Raid (Harper's Ferry)
Brown and followers seized the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. -
The American Civil War
A war that took place in the US where the North fought the South -
The Reconstruction Period and the Emancipation Proclamation
It was a Law that set all Slaves free. -
African Americans and Reconstruction
On June 13 Congress approved the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing equal protection under the law to all citizens. The amendment also granted citizenship to African Americans. -
Black Civil Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court in Strauder v. West Virginia stated that African Americans cannot be excluded from juries on the based on race. -
The Brown v. the Board of Education Decision
The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939, and was the worst economic downturn in history -
When the Novel was set
it was set during the Great Depression during the early 1930's -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The day when the blacks of Montgomery, Alabama, decided that they would boycott the city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted -
When was To Kill a Mockingbird Published
It was Published July 11 1960 -
The March on Washington
More than 200,000 people gathered as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
The Jim Crow Laws
Laws that forbid all intermarriage -
The Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
When Plessy was arrested because he sat in a "whites" train car
