Black American History Flashcards

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Emancipation Proclamation

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1863 document freeing slaves in Confederate states

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13th Amendment

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Abolished slavery in the U.S., 1865

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14th Amendment

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Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S., 1868

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15th Amendment

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Voting rights regardless of race, 1870

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Ended segregation in public places

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Prohibited racial discrimination in voting

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Brown v. Board of Education

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1954 case ending school segregation

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896 case upholding 'separate but equal'

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Dred Scott Decision

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1857 ruling denying citizenship to African Americans

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Freedmen's Bureau

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1865 agency aiding freed slaves