Period 4
A system of networks underground, working as an ongoing attempt to free slaves facing injustice and cruel treatment.
What is the Underground Railroad.
African Americans' refusal to ride city buses throughout Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating
An African American man who was pinned down without opportunity for breathing and eventually killed at the hands of a white police officer, signifying racial injustice and raising awareness of police brutality
Who is George Floyd (2020)
A law allowing the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands throughout the country onto land west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act (1830)
The long-awaited act prohibits states from imposing qualifications or practices that deny people the right to vote based on race.
What is the Voting Right Act of 1965
Policy from Bill Clinton stating that LGBTQ+ individuals could be in the military as long as they don't publicly announce their orientation.
What is Don't Ask Don't Tell (1994-2011)
Court case upholding slavery, denying the legality of black citizenship in America.
What is the Dred Scott decision (1850)
Discriminatory practice denying services to residents in certain neighborhoods based on race or ethnicity, contributing to the separation of races in the location of housing.
What is Redlining
With progress being made, the problem of women having the same or similar jobs face a lesser wage than men.
What is unequal pay
A law making it a federal crime to help runaway slaves and requiring law enforcement to capture and return them to their owners.
What is the Fugitive salve act of 1850
A book stating the myth, women could only find fulfillment through motherhood and domesticity.
What is the Feminine Mystique (1963)
This event sparked increased surveillance, discrimination, and hate crimes against Muslim communities in the U.S
What is 9/11 (2001)
The outage and rebellious acts from a slave carpenter and preacher with others, resulting in the deaths of dozens of white people, and more enforced, stricter laws, and repression against the enslaved.
What is the Nat Turner rebellion (1831)
Tests used as a loophole to prevent African Americans from voting, proving that they weren't illiterate.
What are literacy tests
Government negligence leading to lead contaminated water to African American residents in a case of racial neglectent injustice
what is the Flint Water crisis (2014)