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Andrew Jackson created the Jacksonian Democracy to pull the next vote in his favor. It stated that white men over the age of 21 gained the right to vote, giving the power back to the "common man."

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Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who traveled to the North to become a part of the abolitionist movement. He was famous for his autobiographies describing his life as a slave, and his antislavery views.

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William Lloyd Garrison is best known for his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. He was very antislavery and did a lot of public speaking. He was a very controversial figure, but he also played a key role in the abolition of slavery.

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This compromise was created to delay the inevitable conflict between the North and the South. America had just gained new territory due to the Mexican-American war, and both sides were fighting over the new land.

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In the compromise of 1850, it was decided that California would be a free state. It was also decided that Utah and New Mexico would be able to decide for themselves, whether they would be a free or slave state.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. It stated that slaves were allowed to be captured and returned to their slave masters even when they were in a free state. It put the federal government in charge of catching slaves.

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After the failed diffusion of conflict in 1850, the North and the South broke out into war. From 1861-1865 they fought over slavery and the expansion of slavery into newly acquired states. In 1865, the South surrendered, and reconstruction began.

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After the end of the Civil War, three reconstruction amendments were created. The 13th amendment stated that slavery would be declared illegal except for as punishment for a crime. The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the US, and guaranteed all citizens equal protection. The 15th amendment gave all citizens the right to vote.

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The convict lease system was a way to keep slavery alive, while technically not doing anything illegal. Prisoners were forced into physical labor, and made no profit, while the states profited.

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In 1896, the US Supreme Court decided that segregation laws did not violate the constitution. This stemmed from an incident where a Black man named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a segregated train car.

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W.E.B. Dubois was a civil rights activist born in 1868. He was also a writer and historian, among many other things. He protested against segregation and Jim Crow laws, discrimination, and lynching.

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Booker T. Washington was a freed slave who believed that Black people should focus on bettering themselves, rather than getting rid of segregation. He was not inherently racist, however his views opposed many civil rights activists views.

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Red Summer was a period of time in 1919 where white supremacists attacked Black people and rioted in almost three dozen cities. The Greenwood Massacre occurred in 1921, and involved the destruction of an entire district of Black homes. A mob of white people who had been given weapons by city officials killed and injured many Black people, and burned down their homes.

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The Harlem Renaissance was a revival of African American culture in New York. Through the 1920s and 1930s, new music, literature, theater, art, and other things were being celebrated. Musicians like Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith exploded onto the scene, revolutionizing jazz, and showing the rest of the country their vibrant culture.

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In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move from a white only seat in a bus. Shortly after, segregation on public transportation was outlawed. The Greensboro sit-ins started to take place in 1960, and in 1961, the Freedom Riders movement was started. These were only the start of many big steps taken towards equality, and they were led by some incredible figures, the most well known being Martin Luther King Jr.