On April 9, 1866, the Civil Rights Act guaranteed equal rights under the law. “All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by White citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.” The..Read More
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1865-1866, The Black Codes
The Black Codes were laws passed by many states after the Civil War with the intent and the effect of restricting African- Americans’ freedom.
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1865-1866, The Black Codes
December 6, 1865, The Abolition of Slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States on December 6, 1865. While there were thousands of free Black people in the U.S., most were enslaved without the right to purchase property, enter into contracts, or exercise many other freedoms enjoyed by White citizens.
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December 6, 1865, The Abolition of Slavery
May 9, 1865, An End to The Civil War
President Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War over.
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May 9, 1865, An End to The Civil War
March 3, 1865, The Freedman’s Bank
Abolitionists compelled Congress to establish a banking system for people of color and particularly Black soldiers who had no place to keep their Union Army compensation. The Freedman’s Bank was a separate and unequal financial system. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency did not regulate the Freedman’s Bank…Read More
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March 3, 1865, The Freedman’s Bank
1863, Emancipation Proclamation
Signed by President Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to all enslaved people held in states that had seceded from the Union.
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1863, Emancipation Proclamation
May 6, 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act
Signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur, the Chinese Exclusion Act implemented mass discrimination against Chinese people and Chinese-Americans and prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was not repealed until 1943.
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May 6, 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act
May 28, 1830, Indian Removal Act
Under President Andrew Jackson, the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act removing Indigenous people from their land and forcing them onto reservations throughout the 1800s.
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May 28, 1830, Indian Removal Act
1783, Treaty of Paris
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the British gave the Indigenous people’s lands to the U.S. government.
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1783, Treaty of Paris
1776, United States Gains Independence
The United States became an independent nation despite the Indigenous nations that already existed within the Americas.
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1776, United States Gains Independence
1619, Slavery in the Americas
The first African people to reach the English colonies arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. Dutch traders seized the enslaved people from a captured Spanish slave ship. European colonizers continued enslaving Africans until about 1865.
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1619, Slavery in the Americas
1492, Colonization of the Americas
From 1492 into the 20th Century, Europeans have displaced and killed Indigenous people through war, violence, disease and enslavement. From the 15th Century onward, Indigenous people fought colonization, destruction and genocide of their people, language, culture, land, water and resources.
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1492, Colonization of the Americas
Before 5000 BCE, Precolonial Americas
Indigenous peoples lived in the Americas and what is currently called the United States.