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Declaration of Independence
The American colonists declared their commitment to equality and liberty for The United States of America -
Creation of the United States
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Constitution
Its aim was to establish a balance between the powers of the individual states and of the central government. The also become a federal government. -
The Republican Party emerges
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Start of Civil War
After Lincon was elected president. The Confederacy was formed -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The 13th Amendment
The Union emerged victorious the 13th amendment to the US constitution was passed by Congress.
The 13th amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States -
The Ku Kux Klan foundation
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Assassination of Lincoln
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Elections
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14th Amendment
'Equal protection of the law' for all citizens -
First Jim Crow law passed in Virginia
Jim Crow laws legalized racial segregation -
15th Amendment
Granted black male suffrage -
All southern states had ratified the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and thus been readmitted to the Union
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Poll Tax
The state of Mississippi introduced a poll tax for those wishing to register to vote
Southern states foun legal ways to prevent black people from voting -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It was legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, by a seven-to-one majority, advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws -
1400 blacks forced to flee and never return
1400 blacks were forced to flee and never return from South Carolina because of a rape related newspaper publication by a Black editor -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded
Founder members: Both black and white, including Du Bois
Objective: Advance justice for African Americans
The oldest and largest civil rights association (still active today) -
The great migration began till 1918
Over 350000 black people migrated to the north, to cities like New York and Chicago. To work in the expanding industries. -
The US entered WWI
Blacks joined the armed forces -
Big increase in lynchings
Increase in lynchings after WWI -
Roosevelt become president
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The US enters WWII
Nearly a million black americans were called to fight
When war ended some condtions had improved for blacks -
March in Washington
Demonstration by thousands of blacks in the american capital
Organized by A. Philip Randolph