During Abraham Lincoln's presidency, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was suppose to free all African Americans that were considered slaves. While, in the 1960's there was still a lot of inequality. Segregation was everywhere. Colored people and White people had separate everything. Two different schools, two different stores, doctors, everything. Inequality was heightened during the 60's. There was constant violence directed towards African Americans. African Americans were unable to vote until 1965. AFter the Voting Rights Act was passed, and literacy tests were outlawed, African Americans slowly started to gain equal rights.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
Friday, June 9, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Freedom in early america
Hi everyone!
This time around we are learning about early America. Below is the link to the article.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
America was built on the idea of freedom. Freedom is the idea to be able to do what you want to. Every person that came to America came to have a new start with more freedom...well almost everyone. Many African Americans were brought to America by force for "cheap labor".
African Americans were brought here from Africa to work on Plantations in Jamestown in 1619. African Americans aka slaves were used to harvest tobacco and other "cash crops" of that time period. Cash crops were simply just crops that people planted in order to gain a lot of wealth. Slaves became more and more popular in America throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. African Americans were forced to come to America, lost their freedom, and were forced to work on plantations their whole life. This is a prime example of a lack of freedom in early America.
This time around we are learning about early America. Below is the link to the article.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
America was built on the idea of freedom. Freedom is the idea to be able to do what you want to. Every person that came to America came to have a new start with more freedom...well almost everyone. Many African Americans were brought to America by force for "cheap labor".
African Americans were brought here from Africa to work on Plantations in Jamestown in 1619. African Americans aka slaves were used to harvest tobacco and other "cash crops" of that time period. Cash crops were simply just crops that people planted in order to gain a lot of wealth. Slaves became more and more popular in America throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. African Americans were forced to come to America, lost their freedom, and were forced to work on plantations their whole life. This is a prime example of a lack of freedom in early America.
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