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American Civil War
The civil war was fought between the union states (northern states) of the confederacy (southern states) the civil war was a collection of eleven states that left the union in 1860 and 1861 and formed there own country. it was in 1860 and 1861. southern us, western us, Atlantic ocean and northeast us. the civil war started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states -
Jim Crows Laws
Jim Crows Laws were laws that enforced segregation in the united states. they wanted to separate white and colored people into groups. These laws were enforced in 1890-1965. -
The Great Depression
The Americans were affected by the great depression. the great depression was caused by the stock market crashing in 1929. the great depression was in 1929-1939. the Great depression was in america. the great depression was caused by a weakness i the economy -
World War 2
The people who were involved in ww2 are Germany, Italy, japan, Britain, France, Australia, Canada, USA, new Zealand, India, soviet union and china. ww2 started because the prime minster of britain declared war on Germany. ww2 was in 1939-1945. it was were Germany invaded Poland and britain and France declared war on Hitler. it stared because of Germany attacked Poland -
Fair Employment practice committee is established
This committee was created to ban discriminatory employment practices. they wanted to help colored people and minorities get jobs. president Roosevelt established this. -
D-Day
D-Day was the invasion of Normandy, France. There were 12 allied nations working together to invade. Hitler was occupying most of Europe so they knew that they had to do this for the war. -
Victory over Japan Day
This is the day that world war 2 ended because Japan surrendered. They surrendered because they were incapable of conducting operations. This was a very happy day for many. -
segregation becomes illegal
segregation became illegal making it okay for colored and white people to be treated equally. segregation was never equal so that is why it became illegal. -
Cold War
The Cold war was caused because of tension after world war 2. This war was between the eastern and western blocs. The main reason for the cold war was that people did not like the idea of communism. -
Civil rights movement
the civil rights movement was created to end the legalization of racial segregation and discrimination. This was a rally to fight racism of African american people. Everyone should be treated equally.
