Struggle for change timeline

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  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    Authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. It allowed Indians financial and material assistance to travel to their new locations.
    46,000 natives and U.S. Military.
  • First wave Feminism

    It is referred to the nineteenth and early twentieth when women wanted rights. It focused on legal issues, primarily on women's rights.
  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws

    The law was created for the segregation of black and white people. They were not allowed to work or go to school or they would get killed, fined, or be sent to jail.
    Stetson Kennedy and many African Americans were involved.
  • Carlisle Indian Industrial School

    Carlisle Indian Industrial School

    This was where they would open a school just to kill the Indians and they´ve been doing it for 30 yrs.
    Richard Herry Pratt, 10,000 native children
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    They wouldn´t allow Chinese immigrants to the US.
  • Dawes Severalty Act

    The U.S. provides for the distribution of Indian reservations among each Indian land they aimed on getting the land for farmers.
  • Naturalization Act of 1906

    It was a more restricted immigration policy. It established the federal government as the arbiter of naturalization policy.
  • Great migration

    Great migration

    It was 6 million African Americans out of the southern US. This would increase political activism among African Americans.
    The people who were involved were 6 million African Americans and Garvey.
  • Naturalization Act of 1917

    It wouldn´t allow any other people to migrate into the US. It abolished an earlier quota system based on national orgin.
  • Native American Citizenship Act

    Native American Citizenship Act

    It would grant all Native Americans to live in the US. Homer P. Snyder and 1,000 or natives.
  • Buck V. Bell

    It would set a legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions.
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066

    It authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security. About 120,000 Japanese-Americans were from the west coast during WWII
    The people involved were Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.S. Japanese citizens.
  • Executive Order 9980

    Establishment of review boards within federal executive departments and agencies would be discriminatory. They would order desegregation of the federal workforce and the military.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    They would protest about not getting on a bus after an African American was arrested for not moving. It helped eliminate early barriers to transportation access.
    40,000 blacks and Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Indian Relocation Act of 1956

    It encouraged Native Americans in the US to leave Indian reservations. It would free about 25 million acres.
  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Greensboro Sit-In

    It was a nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter. It would produce something prideful and powerful.
    Ezell Blair Jr, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    It would prohibit discrimination based on color or race. Prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and funded programs.
  • Selma to Montgomery Marches

    Selma to Montgomery Marches

    African Americans wanted the right to vote. They would allow African Americans to participate in politics and government.
    Martin Luther King Jr, SNCC, and SCLC
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    It overcame legal barriers at the state and local it would prevent African American people to vote. This would abolish literacy tests and poll taxes.
  • Stone Wall Riots

    Stone Wall Riots

    It was a police raid at a gay club. It would create more gay activist groups.
    Virginia Apuzzo, Martin Boyce, and Raymond Castro
  • Second Wave Feminism

    Second Wave Feminism

    They wanted equality and not to be discriminated against. They would focus on wanting to work and being able to do whatever.
    Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

    This prohibits sex including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. They wanted to give boys and girls the same education.
  • Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act

    Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act

    It would protect disabled people and not be discriminated. This would be the first civil law for disabled people.
    Eighty activists were led by Judith E. Heumann
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    They would allow children that have disabilities to attend school. It would improve academic achievement for exceptional children.
  • Americans with Disability Act

    Americans with Disability Act

    If the person has a physical or mental impairment or believes you, the ADA protects you. This would protect you from being discriminated.
    Ed Roberts, Judith (Judy) Heumann, and Justin Dart, Jr
  • US v. Virginia

    The VMI male-only admissions were unconstitutional. A seminal case about gender-based classifications at Virginia Military Institute.
  • Defense Marriage Act

    Defense Marriage Act

    It would prevent same-sex couples from receiving benefits from other married couples. Imposes significant financial burdens on families headed by same-sex couples.
    Supreme court, President bill Clinton
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

    Allow young unauthorized immigrants to remain in the country with temporary lawful status.
  • Obergefell V. Hodges

    same-sex marriage is protected under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.all same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to marry
  • Bostock V. Clayton County

    Bostock V. Clayton County

    It protects employees against discrimination because they are gay or transgender.
    Bostock, Justice Neil Gorsuch