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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln stopped slavery, and freed the slaves. -
The Emancipation Proclimation
The proclimation declared "that all persons held as slaves are henceforward and shall be free" -
13th amendment
Aboltion of Slavery -
Succession. (who was president after Abraham Lincoln was killed.
Andrew Johnson was president after Abe Lincoln. He was a slave holder. -
Formation of the Ku Klux Klan
They express themselves through terrisim. -
Civil Rights Cases
Congress passed several civil rights acts to implement the 13th and 14th amendments. By the 1870s various white supremacist groups such as the klu klux klan were using both nonviolent meants throughout the south to influence politics and intimidate african americans -
14th Amendment
All people born or naturalized in the United States and subject for jurisdicition there of citizens. This event is important because if you were born here and werent a US citizen then you wouldnt have the same rights. -
Jim crow Laws
tested in 1896 by humer pressy was the name of the racial case system which operated primarily between 1877 and the mid 1960s. under Jim Crow african americans were regulated to the status of second class citizens represtented the orginazation of anti black racism. -
Jim Crow Laws
tested in 1896 by humer pressey was the name of the racial caste system which operatred primarily between 1877 and the mid 1960's. under Jim Crow African Americans were regulated to the status of second class citizens represented the legallization and anti-black racisim. -
15th amendment
the 15th amendment is to make sure the present government stays in power forever.