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American Civil War
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history
It is a war between the states, it was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. In which they fought for who was going to get the country and what government it is going to be ruled by. -
Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
who: president Abraham Lincoln
what: the proclamation declared that all people that are held as slaves within the rebelling states are and henceforward shall be free
when: January 1st 1863
where: Antietam
why: to free the slaves it was an explicit goal of the union war effort. It freed only the slaves in the confederate states that were still in rebellion, it was to save the slaves. -
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Jim Crow Laws
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-jim-crow-laws/
Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws that were enforced by racial segregation in the southern states. It was about African American separate but equal status for the railroad cars -
Wright Bros first powered flight
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-flight-the-wright-brothers-1992681
who: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
what: the Wright brothers made their first powered flight. It consisted of 4 brief flights
when: December 17, 1903
where: Kitty Hawk North Carolina -
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The Great Depression
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, and in Europe. This was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy, it all started with Black Tuesday when there was a dramatic crash. -
Black Tuesday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
who: didn't clearly confirm who was exactly involved but majority of the united states people was involved.
what: it was when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York stock exchange
when: October 29,1929
where: New York
why: Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash -
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World War ll
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii
It started because of how Hitler invaded Poland form the west, two days later France and Britain declared war between Germany. -
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Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American military pilots
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/tuskegee-airmen
They are a group of African American fighter pilots in the United States. The Air force did not yet exist as a separate entity, because the army resisted on using black mends as pilots. -
The Fair Employment Practice Comitee
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Employment-Practices-Committee
who: president Roosevelt, majority of employers in the United States
what: it is about how president Roosevelt singed an executive order of which there shall be no discrimination towards employing workers.
when: June 25, 1941
where: United States didn't specifically say where in the us
why: it was establish to help enforce the order. -
Signing of document of surrender, ending World War ll
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2015/08/27/seventy-years-ago-the-end-of-world-war-ii/
who: president Harry S. Truman (Japan), Japanese government, U.S War Department
what: the Japanese government signed a form called 'Instrument of Surrender' officially ending World War II
when: September 2, 1945
where: USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
why: they signed this because their were declaration of atomic bombs dropping in Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
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Cold War
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after world war II. The United States and the Soviet Union were superpowers, they both had different ideas about the economics and government, they fought war. -
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Civil Rights Movement
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
It all began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a bus. It was to achieve civil rights equal to those as whites. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat in front of the public bus
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
who: Rosa Parks
what: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus
when: December 1,1955
where: Montgomery, Alabama
why: the bus driver ordered her to give her seat up to a white person in the 'colored section' because the 'white section' was filled up. -
Sputnik, the Dawn of Space Age begins
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/the-dawn-of-the-space-age.html
who: Soviet Union
what: they launched sputnik, the result was the tensions raised the cold war
when: October 4, 1957
where: space
why: during the 1950's both the United States and the Soviet Union were working to develop new technology -
Space Act creates NASA
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nasa-established
who: the Soviet Union
what: the United States congress allows the legislation of NASA, by this it was a sign that United States were clearly winning the space race
when: October 1957
where: United States
why: since the Soviets released sputnik, it caused an embarrassment to the United States, which caused them to make NASA, in which clearly shot them up to be winning in the space race -
Ham, the first chimp to be launched in space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)
who: Ham the chimpanzee
what:
when: January 31, 1961
where: New Mexico
why: it was a first step for NASA if this project works , to eventually launch a human to orbit around earth -
Martin Luther King gives "I Have A Dream" speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
who: Martin Luther King Jr.
what: it is when he gave a speech to call an end for all racism in the United States
when: August 28, 1963
where: Washington D.C
why: Him, as a 'colored person'wanted to have civil and economic rights.
