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American Civil War
Who: The civil war was fought between the Union states and the states of the Confederacy. Why: There were many causes of the civil war, differences between northern and southern states, idea of slavery, as well as trade, and states rights. Where: The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States. What: a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Who: Abraham Lincoln Why: Led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States. What: The aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union. Where: Antietam -
Wright Bros first powered flight
Who: Wilbur and Orville Wright What: The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. Why: Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight. Where: Kitty Hawk -
The Great Depression
What: The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930's Where: In the United States. Who: Germany and Great Britain. Why: began with the dramatic crash of the stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929 when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy. -
World War 2
Who: Japan and China, and when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. Why: When the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declared war on Germany. What: Was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. Where: took place in Europe, East Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Madagascar and the Aleutian Islands. Countries such as Poland, China, Russia, and Germany. -
Cold War
Who: The Soviet Union and its satellite states and United States, its NATO allies and others. What: Was a state of geopolitical tension. Where: United States, Soviet Union, Europe, Vietnam, Korea, Cuba, Greece, East Asia and South America What: Political and military tension between the United States and Soviet Union. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sentencing for espionage
Who: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg What: In one of the most sensational trials in American history, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage. Why: For their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during and after World War II. The husband and wife were later sentenced to death and were executed in 1953. Where: United States -
Civil Rights Movements
Who: A. Philip Randolph was a prominent member of both the civil rights movement. What: was a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Why: For equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States. Where: Alabama -
Greensboro sit-ins
Who: Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil. Why: Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. What: Were a series of nonviolent protests. Where: North Carolina -
Jim Crow Laws
Who: Thomas Dartmouth Rice What: Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation. Where: United States Why: Because it refers to the policy of keeping black and white Americans separate from one another.
