From Slavery to Segregation

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  • Created on: 03-12-13 09:21
What happened in 1787?
American Constitution drafted
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What happened in 1791?
Bill of Rights added to the American Constitution
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What happened in 1861-1865?
American Civil War
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What happened in 1862?
Emancipation Proclamation
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What happened in 1865?
Thirteenth Amendment: slavery abolished
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What happened in 1868?
Fourteenth Amendment: citizenship guaranteed for all races
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What happened in 1870?
Fifteenth Amendment: voting rights guaranteed for all races
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What happened in 1890-1910?
'Jim Crow' laws passed across the southern states of America
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What happened in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson: US Supreme Cout allows the policy of racial segregation
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What happened in 1791?

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Bill of Rights added to the American Constitution

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What happened in 1861-1865?

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What happened in 1862?

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What happened in 1865?

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