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Proposal of the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln proposed the Emancipation Proclamation to the cabinet on this date. The Emancipation Proclamation was made to free the slaves in the confedrate states. This didn't come into action until Janurary 1 1863 -
Abraham Linclon
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, and on Janurary 1 1863 is when he freed all the slaves in the confedarate states. -
Civil War
This is when the Civil War began. This is what led up to reconstruction amendments, the war was fought against the Northern states and the Southern states and it was the free slaves against the slaves. -
Lincoln's Death
John Wilkes Booth a confederate shot Abraham Lincoln this day and Lincoln ended up dying on the 15th. This was a sad day for the African Americans because Abraham Lincoln did so much for them and help free them. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment was a start for African Americans it abloished slavery, but that only caused more problems for them as well. Some people did not like this and so then went around this law using black codes and took their rights away from them. -
The proposal
The house and the senate both agreed on an amendment and proposed it to the states. -
14th Amendment turned down and Reconstruction Acts
On March 1 1867 the 14th amendment was turned down by 12 states and was not able to be ratifed. Radical Republicans reacted by enacting three laws between March 2 and July 19, 1867, which was known as the Reconstruction Acts. -
14th amendment
The amendment becomes ratified and this gives citizenship to everyone that was born or naturalized in the United States. It also doesn't allow states to take away peoples life, liberity, or propeity without due process. -
The proposal of the 15th amendment
The 13th and 14th amendment were big stepping stones for African Americans and the amendment led up to the 15th amendment. The 15th amendment allowed African American males the right to vote. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Linda Brown was not able to attend a white school in 1950 and so her family and many others took it took court and got turned down, but then the NAACP heard about it and this case was taken to the surprme court and on May 17 1954 the Bowns won the case and it made the segergation of black and white schools unconstitutional.
