English 9 Historical Context Unit Timeline
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Updated: 1 Mar 2021
Important Events in US History
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Created byRachael E Martin
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September 11th AttacksRosa Parks, Montgomery Bus BoycottMurder of Emmett TillThe Underground Railroad19th Amendment: Women Can VoteBoston Tea PartyGeorge Washington PresidentAssassination of President LincolnAssassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.Attack on Pearl Harbor, HIFirst COVID-19 CaseBill of RightsKennedy AssassinationElection of Barack ObamaKamala Harris, First Female Vice President"I Have a Dream" SpeechUS ConstitutionManifest DestinyDust BowlBlack Lives MatterTrayvon MartinLouisiana Purchase13th AmendmentEmancipation ProclamationMoon LandingSinking of the TitanicJamestown Settlement, VirginiaSupreme Court Decision
Legalizing Same-Sex MarriageCalifornia Gold Rush15th AmendmentChristopher ColumbusGettysburg, PA:
Battle & AddressUS drops atomic bombs on JapanMichael BrownWorld Health Organization (WHO) declares global COVID-19 pandemicMorgan v. VirginiaExecutive Order 9981Jackie RobinsonBrown v. Board of EducationLittle Rock Nine, School Integration CrisisGreensboro Sit-InsThe first slave ship lands in AmericaThe Fugitive Slave Act of 1793The Fugitive Slave Act of 185014th AmendmentJuneteenth / General Order #3Plessy v. FergusonThurgood MarshallFreedom RidersThe Civil Rights Act of 1964The Voting Rights Act of 1965Loving v. VirginiaThe Fair Housing Act of 1968the SNCC: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committeethe NAACP: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoplethe SCLC: Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceCORE: Congress of Racial EqualityFreedom Summer / Mississippi Project16th Street Baptist Church BombingSelma MarchThe Black Panther PartyJames MeredithMedgar EversThe 1619 ProjectHarper Lee born in AlabamaPeriods
The Civil WarAmerican RevolutionThe Great DepressionWorld War 1World War 2Vietnam WarThe Cold WarTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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