Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1850-2009 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Date Declaration of Independence proclaimed
Date Declaration of Independence proclaimed
4 July 1776
Number of black Americans in USA in 1850
Number of black Americans in USA in 1850
Approx. 3.2 million
Amendment & year that abolished slavery
Amendment & year that abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment, 1865
1896 case upholding 'separate but equal'
1896 case upholding 'separate but equal'
Plessy v Ferguson
1954 case ending school segregation
1954 case ending school segregation
Brown v Board of Education
Year Montgomery bus boycott began
Year Montgomery bus boycott began
1955
Year Civil Rights Act passed
Year Civil Rights Act passed
1964
Year Voting Rights Act passed
Year Voting Rights Act passed
1965
When Martin Luther King was assassinated
When Martin Luther King was assassinated
April 1968
Year Barack Obama elected president
Year Barack Obama elected president
2008