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The creation of Egypt believed to have occurred around 3100 BCE, during the Early Dynastic Period, under the rule of King Narmer. This laid the foundation for the long and influential history of ancient Egypt. -
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Evidence of iron smelting in Africa comes from evidence in the African Great Lakes, and in present-day Tanzania and Rwanda, where iron artifacts have been found. Historians argue that started in 2500 B.C or 500 B.C. -
Timbuktu was a city used for trade and exports of gold, slaves, salt, ect. It was know for being an advanced center of learning with a great library. -
Columbus traveled West to reach Asia but landed in somewhere in the Americas where he manipulated and enslaved Native Americans. -
The Middle Passage transported slaves from Africa and sent about 5 million slaves to Brazil, 4 million to the Caribbean and nearly 400,000 to North America. -
The French and Indian War was essentially a territorial war for control of the Ohio Valley between Great Britain and France during the Seven Years War. -
The Industrial Revolution was a economic change that happened in England and spread to the United States. They started switching from agiculture to industry, where factories were starting being created. -
The Battle of Bunker hill was a battle between the Patriots and the British that started with an exchange of gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. -
The Declaration of Independence is the principles of which our government and identity of Americans are based upon. "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
The U.S Constitution is the nation's fundamental law. It codifies the core values of Americans, creating the Bill of Rights, and the courts have to interpret the Constitution's meaning. "We The People." -
three years into the Civil War, Abraham Licoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared that all slaves held in the South, and rebellious states, hencefoward shall be free. -
After the Civil War, Black Codes restricted black people from the right to own property, conduct business, buy land, and move freely. -
An act initiated to help former slaves gain their own land, opening up nearly 46 million acres of land in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. -
The Supreme Court case that uphelp a Louisiana state law that allowed for equal but seperate accommodations for whites and blacks. -
A shooting in Brownsville, Texas, it was blamed on black soldiers from the 25th infantry regiment. President Theodore Roosevelt dismissed 167 black men from the U.S Army, later investigations exonerated the men. -
Founded by Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Terrell it is the nations largest and most recognized civil rights organization. -
Jazz emerged from black people in places like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York. It Became recongnized as a major form of musical expression. -
It was the longest and hardest downturn in the history of the United States and the industrial economy lasting more then a decade. -
President Truman signed the Executive order 9981 stating "There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religon, or national origin."
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Nixon was elected president and endorsed the equal rights amendment, he realized the breakdown of lower-class black familys leads to higher crime and poverty, aswell as increased drug use.