Civil Rights
• What Led to the Movement?
• What Were the Major Events of the
Movement?
WHEN YOU HEAR “CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT” WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
With a partner brainstorm
* Tell me what you know
Civil Rights
A movement in the mid-1900s that
began to make major progress in
correcting the problem of racial
segregation in the U.S.
Why the Need for a Civil Rights
Movement?
Events prior to 1900
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Slavery in colonial days
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Civil War
Plessy v. Ferguson (Separate but Equal)
Divide a paper into four pieces and label them with the above headings. As we go through the next slides,
write down things you want to remember.
Slavery in Colonial Days
Europeans brought slavery to the
Americas in the 16th century
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
▓ An frican
A
-American slave who
sued for the freedom of:
1. his wife
2. his two daughters
3. himself
▓ His case was based on the fact
that although they were slaves,
their owner was currently living
in a state where slavery was
illegal.
▓ The Supreme Court ruled seven to
two against cott,
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1. No person of African
ancestry, could claim
citizenship in the United States.
Civil War
• Emancipation Proclamation
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11 Southern slave states
seceded from the U.S. and
formed the Confederate
States of America .
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– Made slavery in the South
illegal!
Secession came due to the
election of Lincoln as President
(he had campaigned against the
spread of slavery to Western
states).
They were against 20 (mostly
Northern states) who had
already abolished slavery.
Reconstruction Amendments
13th Amendment – Slavery
abolished in all U.S.
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14 Amendment – citizenship to
all men
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15 Amendment – voting rights for
all men
When the Civil War began, black men could not enlist in U.S. military units. They were turned away because a Federal
law dating from 1792 barred Negroes from bearing arms. Later, blacks were allowed to join all black regiments.
Plessy v. Ferguson (Separate
but Equal) - 1896
After the Civil War (1861-1865)
Jim Crow Laws – became common in
Southern states.
- made it legal to separate all public
places based on race!
Schools, buildings, transportation,
restrooms, restaurants, and drinking
fountains.
-Led to inferior and unfair life if you
were colored
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Homer Plessy
refuses to leave an
all white railroad
car. He is arrested
and put in jail.
• Case went to the
Supreme Court
• Plessy was ruled
against.
• The Justices decided
that segregation was
perfectly legal as long
as the facilities were of
equal quality.