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the slave trade expanded significantly during this time period
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Late August 1619 20-30 enslaved Africans landed In The U.S. in Virginia, These Africans where traded in exchange for supplies: Several days later a second ship arrived in Virginia with more slaves -
The U.S outlawed the slave trade in 1808, following the legislation in 1807
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The U.S. Civil War started in 1861 between the North and South over slavery and states’ rights. It began with the South attacking Fort Sumter. Led by Lincoln, the Union fought to keep the country united and end slavery. The war ended in 1865. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacist hate group that has operated in various froms in the US since its founding in 1865. the clan was established in Pulaski Tennessee by a group of veterans after the cival war. their original goal was to resist and maintain white dominance by using terror, intmidation and violence agianst newly freed African Americans. -
The first version of the KKK started after the civil war during the reconstrution. they trageted black people and white Republicans and others who supported racial equality. they used violence and threats to stop black people from voting. in the early 1870s the federal government took action agianst the kkk and the group mostly broke apart
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evived in 1915, partly inspired by the racist film The Birth of a Nation, the second Klan expanded its focus to include immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and anyone they considered "un-American." This version of the Klan became a nationwide organization, with millions of members at its peak in the 1920s. It wielded significant political influence during this period.
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The Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s fought for African American equality in the U.S. African Americans faced segregation, racism, and voting restrictions -
The KKK resurfaced in response to the civil rights Movement. Violently opposing desegration and civil rights for African Americans. Members where involved in heinus acts like the bombing of the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham. -
Rosa parks was an African American activist best known for her role in in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus. her act led to her arrest sparking a 381-day boycott of Montgomery's bus system by the African American community. It eventually led to a Supreme Court ruling in 1956 that declared bus segregation unconstitutional. Rosa Parks passed was on october 24. 2005 -
Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, for civil rights, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
the 16th street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing in Alabama Birmingham Alabama. the bombing was done by 4 kkk members. they planted 19 sticks of dynamite with a timing divice -
The Civil Rights Act marked a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement, pushing forward the fight against racial segregation and discrimination. It helped to pave the way for further legislation and actions promoting equality, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. -
Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Barack Obamas election as president in 2008 was a historic moment in American history. he became the 44th president and the first African American President. he took office the 20 january 2009.