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Jan 1, 1525
First Slaves Arrive in America
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First Slaves Arrive in Jamestown
initiates slavery used as labor in the American Colonies -
Massachusetts Colony legalizes slavery
Massachusetts colony legalizes slavery in state boundaries -
All Blacks Musre be Slaves
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Constitution and 3/5 Compromise
Governmental body with a clause equating a black to 3/5ths of a white person -
Naturalization Act of 1790
Regulations on laws regarding gaining national citizenship including limited naturalization to aliens -
Alien and Sedition Acts
allowed wartime arrest, imprisonment and deportation of any immigrant subject to an enemy power -
Trail of Tears
The forced removal of Indians on their land -
People Vs. Hall
Chinese immigrants can not testify againts white Americans -
Dred Scott Case
Ruled blacks are not citizens and cannot be represented in court -
KKK
During the election of 1868, they were responsible for nearly 2000 political assassinations in the former confederate states. -
14th Ammendment
Defines a citizen as any person born in the United states or naturalized except Natve Americans -
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Jim Crow Laws
Segregation Laws for blacks and whites in U.S. society. Less rights for blacks. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Ended Chinese immigration into the United States -
Plessy vs. Ferguson (Seperate but Equal)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Prevented Chinese Immigration into the United States -
National Origins Act
Limited the number of immigrants from any country to 2% of the total number of citizens from that country who were currently residing in the United States as of 1890. -
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Mexican Repatriation
Forced migration of mexican americans back into Mexico -
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Japanese Internment Camps
Harsh treatment and racism towards the Japenese in America due to circumstances of World War 2. -
Operation Gatekeeper
Further militarizing the borders -
Black Law
Stopped blacks from attending prvate schools outside of their residence -
Compromise of 1850
Popular sovereignty to Mexican cession lands, continued slavery in the South -
Force Act
Laws on preventing people to vote ue to race