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Missouri Compromise
It was an effort by the U.S Senate and house of representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slave holding states and free states in 1820 -
Civil War
Started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The United States engaged in a civil war. The war its self began hesitantly. -
13th Amendment
To abolished slavery and involantary serveatude was passed on april 8, 1864 -
15th Amendment
Protects the rights of Americans to vote in electrons to elect their leaders, in feb. 3,1870 -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was 14. He always pulled pranks. he got beaten and shot in the head, because he talked to a white mans girlfriend. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
DEcember 1, 1955. A whit man got on the bus and they wanted the four black people to give up their seats so the man could sit. Rosa Parks refused to get up. she got arrested for he actions. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
September 15,1963, five girls were preparing for sunday worship services. When a bomb tore right threw the church's east walls, killing all four of them. -
Civil Rights Acts of 1964
July 2, 1964 an act to enforce the constitutional right to vote. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
April 4, 1968. Martin was hit by a shipers bullet while standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraince Motel in Memphis, tennessee. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Nickname is fair housing act. An act prescribe penalties for certain acts like violence or intimidation.
