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Cotton Gin
helped pick out the cotton seeds quicker than it would take to do it with manual labor -
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Feminism
Women should have a part in social, political and economic belifs like men -
13th Amendment
helped abolish slavery -
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W.E.B Du Bois
an activist for the black civil rights movement -
14 Amendment
gave all born u.s citizens all equal rights -
15th Amendment
fobidded denial of voting rights due to race and discrimination reasons -
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Jim Crow Laws
To promote the quote of "spreate but equal" and it was ok to keep blacks and whites away from each other -
Plessy v. Ferguson
made the "sperate but equal" idea to where it was allowed to seperate whites and blacks in public areas like resturants, movies ect. -
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Great Migration
the movement of 6 million african american that moved northwest, west and midwest. -
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Harlem Renaisance
known as the "new negro movement" where many former slaves went and lived till the 1930's -
19 Amendment
part of the constitution that gave woman suffrage -
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Betty Friedan
an activist, writer and feminist that fought for womens rights to be equal partnerships with men and was president of N.O.W -
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Malcolm X
was an activist in the black community by many of his followers but some saw him as violent against the black community -
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WW2
was one of the biggest wars in history and where many battles took place. -
Fair Deal
part of Harry S Tubmans speach and giving citizens who have health inserance and that got paid minimum wage would increase -
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Civil Disobediance
the act of non violant protesting -
Board of education
a court case that delt with "seprate but equal" doctrine -
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Civil Rights Movement
a movement to fight for the rights of women, LGBTQ and african americans and fight for inequality. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
an organization of black civil rights activists -
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Black Power
slogan formed by black activist -
Student Non -Violent Coordinating Committee
kids at a college eatting at a diner was refused service because the color of their skin color in North Carolina -
Affirmative Action
the act of favoring one race and dscriminating the other -
Martian Luther King JR
an American black activist, gave his "i have a dream" speach. speaking of living in a world of equality -
24th Amendment
gave all us citizens the right to vote in elections with no polls tax or to pay a poll -
Great Society
the end of poverty and racial injustice the push for a better life in america -
Freedom Riders
Activists that rode buses challenge segragation in the south -
N.O.W
an organization to help fight for women rights and have equal treatment from men -
Stonewall Riots
Riots that broke out at the Stonewall Inn due to police rades from gay bars, -
Don't Ask Don't Tell
u.s citizens could be denyed to join the army due to their sexual occupation -
Defence of Marriage Act
allowed some states to deny same sex marriages -
California Proposition 8
got rid of the right of same sex marriage -
Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act
an act that allows openly gay citizens to join the army -
Perry vs. Schwarzenegger
the court case that fought against the California Proposition 8 as it was violating the 14th amendment