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Three-Fifths Compromise - Three-fifths of slaves would be counted toward representation and taxation.

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Missouri Compromise - maintained balance between free and slave state. Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be a slave state.

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Dred Scott v. Sandford - Overturned Missouri Compromise

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American Civil War

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Emancipation Proclamation - Abraham Lincoln freed any slave in the rebelling part of the country.

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13th Amendment - abolished slavery in the United States

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Birth of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

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Civil Rights Act of 1866 - All citizen's are protected equally by the law

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Black Codes - used to restrict where African Americans could, how the were expected to act, and overall made it very difficult for black people to succeed.

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14th Amendment - All people born on US soil are citizens.

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15th Amendment - Guaranteed voting rights to all male US citizens.

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Jim Crow Laws - Laws stemming from the black codes, meant to suppress African Americans after the Civil War

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Plessy v. Ferguson - "separate but equal"

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19th Amendment - Granted all women the right to vote

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The New Deal - The New Deal consisted of multiple programs to help struggling Americans during the Great Depression. Ended up being more targeted at helping white Americans

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Brown v. Board of Education - racial segregation in schools is unconsitutional

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Montgomery Bus Boycotts - Civil Rights Movement protesting segregated buses.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Outlaws discrimination based race, color, religion, sex, etc.

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Equal Opportunity Act of 1972 - amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Addressed employment discrimination against minorities.