Timeline

By Dalton Conley

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise prevented slavery in the Louisianna Territory and was passed in 1820.
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    Civil War

    The Civil War The Civil War was fought between the North and the South of the United States. It was fought from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. The South wanted slavery but the North thought it was wrong. The North defeated the South and abolished slavery in the U.S.

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The 13th Amendment made slavery in the U.S. illegal. It was announced that it passed on December 18, 1865.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    The 15th amendment was ratified in 1870. What it does is not allow the government to tell a person they can't vote due to their color or race.

  • Escape of Harriet Tubman

    Escape of Harriet Tubman
    Harriet Tubman (Araminta Harriet Ross) was born in 1820 into slavery and died at the age of 93 on March 10, 1913. She was born into slavery and escaped to become an African American Abolitionist. She was included in 13 missions to rescue over 70 slaves.

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson
    Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson was the first African American to play in major league baseball. His batting average was .311, he had 1,518 hits, 137 homeruns, 734 runs batted in, and 197 stolen bases. He was born January 31, 1919 and died October 24, 1972.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    The Little Rock Nine was a African American group of High School students in 1957. They formed due to not being aloud to enter a racially segregated school.

  • Emmit Till Murder

    Emmit Till Murder
    Emmitt Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 and was murdered at the age of 14 on August 28, 1955. He was accused of flirting with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant in a small grocery store. Several nights lator the woman's husband, Roy, and his half-brother took Emmitt to a barn a beat and tortured him before shooting him in the head.

  • I Have a Dream

    I Have a Dream
    I Have a DreamThe I Have a Dream speech was spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28,1963 on the steps of the Lincoln memorial infront of 200,000 civil rights supporters.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
    MLK AssassinationMartin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 6:01p.m. on April 4, 1968. He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks Bus Boycott