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    Civil Rights Amendment The 13th amendment means to except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States. No one should be imprisoned like slavery unless they committed a crime. It got rid of slavery. The 13th amendment is important because slavery is not ok.Slavery is when people is own as there property.The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for

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    A big topic discussed in society today and was talked about in history is Civil Rights. Civil rights are the rights of citizens for political and social freedom and equality (Dictionary.com). Before the sixty’s one of the most well known civil right issues was for white and African American people to be treated equal. Back before the sixty’s African Americans were treated poorly compared to the way whites were treated. For example African Americans couldn’t use white’s bathrooms. I for one think

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    The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991 were both put into place to protect the rights of individuals who are subjected to unfair treatment. The protection granted by these laws were from the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex or national origin. This particular law was considered a great achievement by legislature in regards to civil rights‚ however‚ individuals were still being retaliated against for initiating a law suits‚ thus the Civil Right Act of 1991 had to be implemented. The termination

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    been many wars in history‚ the Civil War has been the most important one to the United States. The Civil War happened because of many reasons like when Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 and became president‚ North and South’s cultural and economic differences and slavery became a moral issue in the North. The South was not happy about that‚ so they fired on Fort Sumter and won the Battle of Fort Sumter which was the first conflict of the Civil War. The Civil War occurred from April 12‚1861

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    The Civil Rights Act Have you ever wondered about the U.S. history? Even if you didn’t‚ you might have heard of the civil rights movement. A few brave leaders risked their lives to fight for having an equal right. The civil rights movement was from 1995 to 1968. The civil rights movement was a very social‚ legal‚ and political act that the blacks encountered with a lot of effort and determination. With the help of brave leaders‚ African Americans were finally able to have same rights and equal treatment

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    of civil right and various religious groups to organize a March on Washington to open up about jobs and freedom. It was a peaceful rally set-up to open people’s eyes about the unfairness and injustices against African American people that they face across the country. This walk was held on August 28th and was attended by around two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand people‚ this event was known as a watershed moment in history and factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The

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    Why is the Bill of Rights Important? What is the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights is your unalienable rights. You receive these rights at birth and they cannot be taken away. For several states the only way that they would be given the ratification of the constitution was if or when a Federalist supporter promised to add a BIll of Rights. Anti federalist like George Mason feared an overly powerful Government. The first congress assembled in 1789‚ they immediately started deciding whether or

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    bus seat to a white man‚ even so she was in the "Colored zone" of the bus ‚ but still was given a penalty for it. Martin Luther King‚ a young black pastor ‚ started a campaign and encourage the boycott of Montgomery’s buses‚ that lasted 381 days‚ this was the decisive point of the beginning of Civil Rights Movement. This movement has succeeded because of the Civil Disobedience‚ the Non-violent actions‚ and how the Constitution was written. Historically " The Civil Rights Movements " refers to the effort

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    Civil Rights of 1871 In March of 1871 was a big change for history and for African Americans that was the day when the pass of the Constitution. The violence was so bad That even the Congress could not control it. In the year of 1871 on April 20‚ the legislative had to respond this Act of violence. The Ku Klux Klan had to do with a part of the violence that was happening at the time.The Act of Enforcement also was called the Ku Klux Klan Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1871(thefreedictionary.com/)

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    "Why was the civil war so long and so bloody?" In 1860 the average American believed that they were living the happiest and luckiest a person could be. They were generally living better than their fathers‚ and looked forward to their children prospering more than themselves. However‚ at the time America had developed into two very different societies between the North and the South. These changing societies were beginning to adjust to the start of the industrial revolution in separate ways. In

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