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Nat turners rebellion
Nat Turner And 70 other slaves killed around 60 white people. -
Uncle toms cabin
Book that demonstrated how horrible slavery was. 2nd best seller in 19th century -
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Dred Scott sued for his legal rights but it was ruled that he is still a slave -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins presidency -
Fort Sumter
Confederate troops fire the first shots that started the Civil war -
confederation
In 1861 the southern states formed the confederate states -
Battle of Antietam
Both sides meet in Maryland and fought -
Emancipation proclamation
Freed all slaves in January of 1863 -
54th Massachusetts regime
African Americans who fought in the war -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle that prevented the south from entering the north. More than 50,000 died -
Battle of Vicksburg
South take control of Mississippi river -
Gettysburg address
President Lincoln dedicates the speech to the fallen soldiers -
Election of 1864
Lincoln gets re-elected -
13th amendment
Abolished slavery -
Lincoln assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated -
Jackie Robinson
Breaks the color barrier in the MLB -
Montgomery bus boycott
Boycotts that lasted up until 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama -
First civil rights act of 1957
Established federal civil rights commission -
Freedom ride
Activist rode buses through the south. -
March on Washington
MLK delivers his “I have a dream” speech -
Brown v Board of education
Supreme outlaws segregation of public school -
Civil rights act 1964
Outlawed discrimination in public places -
24th amendment
Banned voting tax -
Freedom summer
Effort to register African American voters in Mississippi -
Voting rights act
Allowed African Americans to vote -
MLK assassination
MLK was assassinated -
Summer olympics
John Carlos And Tommie Smith raises their fists in protest for the civil rights