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American Civil War
The American Civil War was between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America. It was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, eleven southern states left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. It was located in the USA, South Carolina. It happened due to the Issue over slavery. -
Jim Crow Laws
The Jim crow laws were laws put in place to enforce racial segregation in Southern United States.The laws were enacted by the white Democratic-dominated state legislatures to affect the African Americans. The laws were into place to seperate African americans from whites. -
The Great Depression
The great depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930's. It took place in North America, Europe and other industrialized areas of the world. Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929. The depression hit hardest those nations that were indebted to america. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day of the most devastating stock market crash. The affect was global. It affected the american's because of panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Time Exchange. -
World War 2
World War 2 was when the “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” led to a prolonged war between Japan and China and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. World War 2 was a global war. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. They were used for aerial combat. They were located in the US in Tuskegee, Alabama. -
D-Day
D-day is the day that the Allied landings in Normandy. The US, UK, Canada, Germany and Poland were involved. The Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. Took place on the coast of France. -
Signing document of surrender, WWII
The document was signed to end the hostilities of World War II. People involved were Japan, Germany and the USA. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. People involved were, UK, US, French, Soviet Union and the NATO, etc. The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR. -
Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was located in the US especially in the southern region. The Civil Rights Movement was a movement that encompasses the strategies, groups, and social movements which accomplished its goal of ending legalized racial segregation and discrimination laws in the United States. The movement took place because of civil resistance from African Americans. This movement involved Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, etc. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Seat
On an Alabama Montgomery bus, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her "colored-seat" to a white man after the "white-area" seats were filled. She did this to act upon the Civil Rights Movement.
