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American Civil War
Was fought in the United States, the result of a long controversy about slavery was the war. This war was fought between the United States and a collection of 11 Southern States. -
The Great Depression
A world wide economic depression. The great depression started in the United States. The stock market crash on October 29, 1929 was the start of the great depression and this day is known as black Tuesday. -
World War Two
Hitler invaded Poland and then France and Britain declared war on Germany starting a global war known as world war two. -
Civil Rights Movement
African Americans were trying to gain equality. They wanted to be able to vote, have the same education and housing and get to use the same public facilities. They did not want to be segregated by race. -
Rosa Parks Refuses To Give Up Her Seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus. She believed that it was wrong to segregate. She was very courageous and did not give up her believes on equal rights and she was arrested for it but she brought bravery and courage and inspired others to stand up for their rights. -
Launch of Project Mercury
Project Mercury was a NASA program that the goal was to orbit a manned spacecraft around earth. They were trying to see if they could successfully launch and land the spacecraft successfully and to see how man would do in space. Afew years later four successful
launches were made and two were unsuccessful the astronauts were Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper. The launches were made -
Greensboro Sit-ins
A series of non-violent protests in greensboro they helped to fight for rights and no segregation they brought out courage and bravery and inspired people to fight for their rights. -
The First Chimp To Be Launched Into Space
Ham, was the first chimp to be launched into space. This chimp did amazingly well in his training and he was a very fast learner. NASA was a newly formed space agency and this launch would be their fist steps to launching humans into space. -
The First American To Orbit Earth
John Glenn was a test pilot chosen by NASA as one of americas first astronauts. He flew the friendship seven mission becoming the first ever American to Orbit Earth. -
Martin Luther King jr I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King wants everyone to be treated equally, he called for civil and economic rights for everyone. He gave this speech at the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C. In front of a big crowd to express the need for equality.
