Eng 4 Padlet Timeline by Christian Boughton (Student)

The Civil War (1861–1865)

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– The conflict between the Union and Confederacy primarily over slavery and states’ rights.

Lincoln’s Assassination (April 14, 1865)

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– President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Reconstruction (1865–1877)

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– The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society with new rights and protections.

The Great Arrival (1880s–1920s)

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– This refers to the mass migration of Southern and Eastern European immigrants to the U.S., particularly to cities like New York and Chicago.

Lynching (Late 19th–20th Century, peaked in the 1890s and early 1900s)

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– A form of racial terror and extrajudicial killings, often targeting Black Americans.

The Great Migration (1910s–1970s)

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– The movement of millions of Black Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West, seeking better opportunities and escaping racial violence.

The Red Summer (1919)

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– A series of race riots and violent clashes across the U.S., with white mobs attacking Black communities in cities like Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas.