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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is when the congress agreed to let Missouri enter the Union as a slave state.This stated that slavery will be prohibited for the remainder of the Louisiana Purchace. -
The John Brown Raid
John Brown was a religious fanatic that wanted to end slavery. In 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act. This act was aimed at the Underground Railroad that helped runaway slaves in search for freedom. Thats when Brown grew furious about slavery and thought that violence was necessary to end slavery. In 1859 he led a raid on a storage facility for weapons and ammunition in Harpers Ferry that is known as the "John Browns Raid". -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave who argued that he should be a free since he had lived in a free territory for several years with his master. Dred Scott fought for his freedom for a years.That finally in 1858 him and his wife were purchased by Taylor Blow that had granted Scott his freedom in May of 1858. -
American Civil War
The American Civil War was when the North and the South fought about the most important issue slavery. The North blieved that there should not be slavery, and the South believed that there should be. The two sides finally went to war in 1861. The war lasted from 1861 to 1865 In spring of 1865 the Union won the war. -
Reconstruction Period and the Emancipation Proclamation
In 1865 the Reconstruction Period began the process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation is a document that said people held as slaves in the Confederate States shall be free. -
Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws were to serperate whites and blacks in the South. They were out down so that everyone was treated "seperate but equal" to each other. Instead the blacks were treated with no respect. -
Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
In 1892 Homer Plessy was a man that was mixed with white and black he refused to sit in the Jim Crow car. The appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. Plessy did not win his case and was taken to jail. -
Date novel was set
To Kill a Mockingbird was set in Alabama in the 1930s -
Brown v. the Board of Education
Brown v> the Board of Education was when Oliver Brown fought to end segregation in public school. The NAACP hired a lawyer to help fight this case. The case went to the United States Supreme court that ruled in favor of Linda Brown and other children in her situation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On this day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.Rosa Parks was arrested and fined. People in Montgomery did not ride city buses in support of Rosa Parks. This lasted 381 days. Then finally The U.S Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system ending the boycott. -
Novel was written
To Kill a Mockingbird was written on July 11, 1960 -
March on Washington
This day over 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C. The people showed up wanted to help show the political and social injustices that were happening for Afican Americans. This march ended with the Martin Luther King, Jr "I Have a Dream" speech
