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Spread of disease through the columbian exchange resulted in the need of workers. Through the atlantic slave trade, slaves were eventually brought to North America. -
Cash crop became the center of the American economy, and most plantations converted to it. Cotton became one of those cash crops and the slaves were forced to farm them. -
the only effective slave rebellion in U.S history huge comparisons to religion made by her -
In reaction of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
Antislavery northerners helped enslaved people escape from southern plantations : historical context -> buildup to the civil war, before America stretched from the pacific to the atlantic.
Harriet Tubman is an example -
Scott v, Sanford case was a victory for the supporters of slavery momentary victory that led to the eventual chain reaction of the greater abolitionist movement -
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Emancipation Proclamation, officially -
The white protective societies that arose during this period—the largest of which was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)—sought to disenfranchise Black voters by using voter suppression and intimidation as well as more extreme violence. Black Americans won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress -
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Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and W.E.B Du Bois rose to prominence in both society, inspiring blacks and whites alike. -
NAACP is an organization that works to dismantle racism and facilitate change -
Marcus Garvey founds the UNIA and brought it to the US in 1916 He attempts to bring African Americans back to Africa but fails -
Birth of Jazz,
when southern slaves came to the north for less anti-black sentiment new explosion of culture -
“Four Freedoms” The US enlisted Black and white people were organized into separate units -
First African American Player to play on a Major League Team -
racial segregation in public schools outlawed -
The approved killing of Emmett Till by an all white jury in a Jim Crow south -
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formation of the black panthers, a marxist group
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Continued Integration of schools -
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the last great legislative achievement of the civil rights era -
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Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York became a national symbol of both movements as the first major party African American candidate and the first female candidate for president of the United States. -
Nixon Impeached
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