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The first slaves come to america, more precisely Virginia.
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The Declaration of Independence was written, stated that “all men are created equal”, stated that men (white men) have inalienable rights which should be illegal to take away
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Three-Fifths Compromise, created during Constitutional Convention, stated each slave would count as three-fifths of a human
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which led to a higher demand for slave labor.
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The Slave Trade Act of 1794 outlawed the construction and equipment of slave-trade ships in U.S. ports.
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The Missouri Compromise was enacted, which banned slavery north above the southern border of Missouri.
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Congress passed Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act, which allowed for the relocation of American Indians.
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American Anti-Slavery Society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan.
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American Indians, specifically the Cherokees, were forced to immigrate west in what would come to be known as the Trail of Tears, a journey in which many suffered.
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Female Labor Reform Association was founded; it was the first female labor union.
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Seneca Falls, New York, held the first Women’s Rights Convention.
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The California Gold Rush led to the destruction of numerous American Indian individuals and tribes, ranging from physical violence to disease and starvation.
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Congress passed the Federal Fugitive Slave Act, which enforced the return of escaped slaves.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. This lead to mass awareness of the horrors of slavery.
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Dred Scott vs Sandford, Supreme Court decision that since African Americans could not be American citizens, and because they were not citizens they could not sue.
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Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves were now free in the United States.
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The Sand Creek Massacre occurred when American settlers massacred a village of about two-hundred Native Americans.
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Thirteenth Amendment was created, abolishing slavery in the United States.
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National Women’s Suffrage Association was founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
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In 1870 the Fifteenth Amendment was created. It stated that people of different colors and races, as well as people with previous conditions, are allowed to vote.
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Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act. Giving African Americans equal rights in transportation, restaurants, inns, theaters, and on juries. The law was shot down in 1883.
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Battle of Little Bighorn, the Sioux and the Cheyenne win, they killed a General.
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Gabriel Prosser was an enslaved african american blacksmith who organized a large slave revolt in Richmond.
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, restricting chinese laborers immigration for 10 years. They also required the Chinese to carry identification cards.
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Congress passes the Scott Act. This act prohibited Chinese laborers who left the U.S to return, unless they have family living in the U.S.
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In Mississippi, a convention met to write a suffrage amendment. This included a literacy test and a poll tax specifically to keep African Americans from voting.
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Chinese Exclusion Act is renewed and still in action for another 10 years.
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Plessy vs Ferguson, The supreme court rules that the state laws will require segregation of the races. This was within constitutional boundaries.
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Lynching has become a way of life, the African Americans fear this everyday.
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Mexican Ambassador protests the mistreatment of Mexicans in America including the Lynchings and murders.
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The Jones Act grants citizenship to Puerto Ricans and gives them right to travel around the United States unrestrictedly. But Puerto Ricans still did not have as many legal representatives in government, and only had limited voting in congress.
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Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected into congress.
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The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.
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In “Ozawa vs United States” The Supreme Court denise Japanese people the ability to naturalization arguing that they are “Ineligible for citizenship” (Unlike the Chinese)
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Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 Native Americans are finally considered citizens of the united states.
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(LULAC) League of United Latin American Citizens is founded to fight discrimination. They also wanted to help educate latinos, protest against segregations and killings.
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The U.S continues to discriminate against the Japanese, with the Japanese American Citizenship League.
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Over 400,000 Mexicans are deported to mexico because people claim that they are “stealing” the white man's jobs.
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Congress takes away all Asian Exclusion Acts as a reward to China for becoming an Ally in the war against Germany.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas Case was unanimously agreed on that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, and murdered by two white men who end up being arrested and admit to the crime.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white male and move to the back of the bus.
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The SNCC is founded at Shaw University which provided young blacks with a voice in the civil rights movement.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech.
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Malcolm X, founder of the Afro-American Unity is assassinated.
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Fifty marchers are hospitalized after being whipped, clubbed, and gassed by police. The event is later named Bloody Sunday by the media.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Restoration Act.
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President Bush signs the Civil Rights Restoration Act which strengthens civil rights laws.
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Supreme Court rules if race is a category on a job application there must be “compelling government interest” to do.
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The Supreme Court rules that race can be a factor looked at by colleges when selecting students.
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Emmett Till’s case is reopened.
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Barack Obama is elected as president of the United States.
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The Justice Department opens investigation on the police officers from the Ferguson case.
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Sandra Bland is arrested for refusing to follow an officer's orders, and later found hanged in her jail sell.
