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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the North and South. passed by congress in 1820 that allowed Missouri to be admitted as the 24th state in 1821. -
Dred scott Desision
Scott lost the decision. 7 out of 9 Justices declared no slave or descendant of a slave could be a U.S. citizen. As a non-citizen the court said, scott had no rights. He could not sue in a Federal court and must remain a slave. -
John Brown Raid
John Brown led a raid on a a Federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. This was the first step in a plan to arm slaves and lead them in a violent uprising thoughout the south. -
american civil war
The Civil war split the nation. It was a really bad conflict within the U.S. It was because of slavery. The North was againist it and the South was for it. -
Reconstuction Period and Emancipation Proclamation
During RadicaL Reconstruction whichm began in 1867 newly enfranchised African americans gained a voicein gov.Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in Southern states at war with the north. -
Plessy V. Ferguson decision
A Louisiana law that required railroads to provide "equal but seprate accomodations for the white and colored races." -
Jim Crow Laws
It was southerners passing new laws enforcing racial segregation. It strictly enforced public racial segregation in most every aspect of southern life. -
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Brown v. The Board of education
Brown case ended legal segregation in public schools. People agreed to be Plantiffs in the case they never knew that would change history. -
montgomery bus boycott
The African Americans protested by boycotting the bus becasue Rosa Parks refussed to move. This Taught African Americans that if they did not accept segregation it did not have to exist. -
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March on Washington
The March on Washington group continued too meet annually to talk about black demands for econimic equality. A new one amied at pressuring to act on pending civil rights legislatior lagging in congress.
