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Missouri Compromise
A disagreemaent of whether missouri would be a north or a soiuthern state -
American Civil War
The Civil War was a dispute between the Union (north) and the Confederacy (south) which was started because of slavery issues. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that lived with his master and his masters wife. they all oved to free land where his master died. then dred scott moved with his masters wife back to the south -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
On October 16, 1859, the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, was captured by the abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859) and twenty-one of his followers. Although the rebels were quickly defeated—and their goal of inspiring local slaves to mount a full-scale rebellion came to nothing—the attack would have profound consequences for the national debate on the future of slavery in the United States. -
Reconstruction Period and the Emancipation Proclamation
In the fall of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) gave the Confederacy an ultimatum: return to the Union with slavery intact, or come January 1, 1863, he would free the slaves in the Confederate states. -
Lincoln Assassination
At the ford's theater while watching a play John WIlkes Boothe proceeded to shoot president licoln in the back of his head -
Jim Crow Laws
When Reconstruction ended in 1877, Southerners began passing new laws enforcing racial segregation (separation of black people from whites) known as Jim Crow laws. -
Plessy v. Ferguson decision
the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that required railroads to provide “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.” -
when "To Kill a Mockingbird" was set
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Brown v. the Board of Education decision
On Monday, 17 May 1954, the United States Supreme Court stated that segregation in public schools was unconstitunional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks a black woman riding a public bus was forced to move to the back of the bus for a white passenger, when Rosa Parks refused to move she was arrested, -
when "To Kill a Mockingbird" was written
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March on Washington
on this date a large population of protestsers marched infront of the whitehouse and capial building protesting civil rights. -
JFK Assassination
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MLK Assassination