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Pivotal Moments in America: The Struggle for Equality

By erinntaylor
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Arrived in the U.S.

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    Struggle for Equality

  • First Africans Arrived in U.S. as Slaves

  • Trail of Tears

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • KKK formed

  • 14th Amendment Passed

  • Colorado allows women the right to vote

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

  • 19th Amendment passed

  • Congress declared Native Americans citizens

  • Executive Order

  • Japanese Internment Camps

  • Jackie Robinson

  • Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" Speech

  • Church Bombing

  • Civil Rights Act

  • Start of Gay Rights Movement

  • The APA said homosexuality is not a disease

  • 9/11

  • President Obama Elected

  • Gay Marroage is legalized