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Chattel Slavery

This form of slavery, in which the enslaved is treated as property, was referred to by James Madison as “America’s original sin.”

The Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by Abraham Lincoln, this proclaimed all enslaved people to be free.

Reconstruction

This refers to the period of rebuilding after the Civil War.

The Great Migration

This refers to the period when more than 1.5 million African Americans left the South to move north.

Jim Crow

This refers to a time when racial segregation laws ruled the South.

Brown v. Board of Education

This court case ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional.

Sputnik

The Soviet launching of this satellite mobilized the U.S. to try to improve education quality.

Civil Rights Act

This ruling outlawed racial discrimination.

Voting Rights Act

This ruling made voter discrimination based on race illegal.

Reagan Administration

This administration work with the CIA to traffic cocaine...

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