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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise granted a simple solution to the crisis of the Union's growing out of slavery's exspansion into the western territories. The Missouri Compromise catastrophe was solved by admitting Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. -
John Brown Raid (Harper's Ferry)
John Brown's raid was an incident that let to the civil war. John Brown, white abolitionist,made an attempt to end the evils of slavery in the United States, but John Brown and twenty one of his followers were captured by the federal amory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Americn Civil War
The American Civil War was a turning point for African American men and women. The dispute was between the Union and the Confederate. Both sides were fighting on whether slaves should be freed of not. In the end the Union won, which led up to the freeing of all African American. -
Reconstruction Period and The Emancipation Proclamation
The Reconstruction Period was the lead up to the freedom of slave and the laws that made that come true. Such as, The Emancipation Proclamatio in which freed African American in slave states. -
Dred Scott Decision
In short, Dred Scott's slave owner took him to free land, but then his owner died. Dred Scott then sued for his freedom but was unsuccessful. The Dred Scott Decision was a wake up call to both Congress and the people. -
The Jim Crows Laws
When the Reconstruction ended, new laws were passed called Jim Crows Laws. The Jim Crows Laws enforced racial segragtion in which they separated everyday activites in to "white" and "colored". -
Plessy v. Ferfuson
In Louisina, the law states that there will be equal but different colored and white railroad carts. The case started June 7, 1892 when Homer Plessy bought a first class ticket, which was seated in the white railroad car, Plessy was then arrested when he refused to leave his seat. -
The setting of To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird was set in the 1930s with Jem and Scout as the main characters in the town of Maycomb. -
Brown v. The Board of Education Decision
The case, Brown v. The Board of Education Decision, started when the a young African American girl was not allowed to go to a segragated school. The decision sparked the Civil Rights in the 1950s which led to the nulification in local laws that enforced segration. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott started on December 1, when Rosa McCauley Parks violated the racial segrated seating arrangements on the bus. The boycott was supposed to be only for a single day, but African American supporters created a strike until the bus company met their demands. -
To Kill A Mockingbird written date
To Kill A Mockingbird was written and published by Harper Lee in 1960. The story is somewhat a reflection on Harpper Lee's experiences growin up. -
The March on Washington
In 1963, A. Philip Randolph and a quarter million people gathered at Lincoln's Memorial to argue for human rights. The idea came from A. Philip Randolph who has been a ciil rights activist for decades. Martin Luther King also made a speech there.
