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Led to the forced removal of at least 18 tribes from their own lands West, the outcome is also known as the Trail of Tears.
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An effort by slavery abolitionist John Brown to initiate a slave revolt in the southern slave-owning states, causing a national crisis and anxiety through the slave-owning class in the southern states. -
The civil war was the accumulation of an era of racial, political, and economic tension that resulted in a secession of the slave-owning states from the rest of the United States
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Changed the legal status of over 3.5 million enslaved African-Americans considered property in the slave-owning states.
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Assisted in newly freed slaves in obtaining basic needs such as food, housing and medical services.
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Major General Gordon Granger orders the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, leading to the release of the final enslaved African-Americans.
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Terms under which the Confederate states could rejoin the union were set, federal programs such as the Freedmans Bureau were established
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In response to civil rights violations against African Americans, provided "equal treatment" in public accommodations, though enforcement of the law varied.
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Social activist movement aimed at reducing social and economic inequalities, and the problems caused by industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption.
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Escalating labor movement and political radicalization led to a reaction from the state, leading to crackdowns on labor activity, blacklisting of individuals from forms of employment, and largescale destruction of a political movement in the United States.
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The American government sought to address systemic problems in the economy through public housing, social security program, public employment opportunities, infrastructure development, and other forms of relief for those experiencing the Depression.
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Led to a crackdown on labor activities, and a blacklisting of some federal government employees through the Federal Employees Loyalty Program. Culminated in the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the Communist Control Act of 1954
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A movement for the abolition of segregation through grassroots protests and mass-movement actions.
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Established equal employment opportunities and desegregation of school districts, authorized federal intervention to ensure desegregation of public facilities, and outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Led to the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, allowing the agency to inspect workplaces for workplace violations.
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Reformed immigration law, allowed for refugees to be admitted on a "humanitarian basis"