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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a plan used to create an equal number of both slave and free states, though it was only temporary. -
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The Missouri Compromise to the March on Washington
Historical events in America from 1820 to 1963. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Deicision was an act that established that no free African Amarican or slave African American could become an American citizen. -
John Brown Raid (Harper's Ferry)
The John Brown Raid was a slave rebellion in Harper's Ferry where they attempted to take conrol of the federal arsenal in the town. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an act presented by President Lincoln that was intended to free the slaves in the United States. -
Civil War Ends
The Civil war was a war in the United States between the southern and the northern states. -
Reconstruction Period Begins
The Reconstruction Period was a point in time after the Civil War that brought some great changes for the slaves living in the US. -
Reconstruction Period Ends
The Reconstruction Period began to end when people's support for the reconstruction started to die. -
Jim Crow Laws
Im Crow Laws were laws that supported segregation between whites and blacks. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a supreme court case about segregation and the "separate but equal" doctrine. The case was brought about because Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow compartment on a segregated train. -
WW1 Begins
The start of WW1 was triggered by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th of July in 1914. -
WW1 Ends
WW1 came to an end when the Germans surrendered and brought back their troops stationed in France and Belgium. -
Great Depression Begins
The Great Depression started as the result of the entire stock market crashing and banks closing down. -
Of Mice and Men (Setting)
Of Mice and Men is set in 1930s California during the Great Depression, following the story of two farm workers. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a 150,000 square mile area where the soil was so dry from drought that it no longer could hold the roots of crops and the soil was easily moved by the wind. The result of this "Dust Bowl" was famine across the 150,000 square mile area. -
FDR's Inaugural Speech
FDR's inaugrual speech was the speech FDR recited when he was elected as president of the United States. -
To Kill A Mockingbird (Setting)
To Kill A Mockingbird is set in a small, fictional town of the name Maycomb in Alabama, and the story follows the Finch family. -
Of Mice and Men (Release Date)
Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck, set in the 1930s in California during the Great Depression. The story follows the lives of two farm workers and their dream of living on their own personal ranch someday. -
Great Depression Ends
The Great Depression ended after the New Deal was created by FDR and the economy finally started to get better. -
WW2 Begins
The cause of WW2 was the growing power of the Nazi Germany and their goal to dominate Europe. -
WW2 Ends
The end of WW2 happened after Hitler commited suicide in his bunker, Nazi Germany collapsed, and Japan surrendered in 1945. This resulted in a win for the Allies. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education was a supreme court case that resulted in desegregation in schools across America. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened in 1955 when African Americans refused to ride the city busses in Montgomery as a protest against bus segregation. -
To Kill A Mockingbird (Release Date)
To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee, released in 1960, about the story of the Finch family during the Great Depression in the three year span from 1933 to 1935. -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, over 200,000 Americans were gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington to gain freedom and jobs for the African Americans, lead by Martin Luther King Jr.
