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American Civil War
The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. This war was fought between the United States and the South States. The war started because of controversy about slavery. -
Jim Crows Laws
Jim Crows laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern United States. These laws were enforced from 1890-1965. He wanted to separate white and colored people into different groups. -
Black Tuesday, Great Depression
Black Tuesday was the day that the great Depression started. The Great Depression started because the stock market crashed. The stock market crashed because nearly half of the banks in America failed. The Great depression affected millions of people because they were all unemployed. -
World War ll
World War 2 was a global war that lasted six years. Many things caused this war like Italian fascism, invasions of China and the political takeover of Germany. This war involved the vast majority of the world. -
The fair employment practice committee is established
The fair employment practice committee was created to implement executive order by banning discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies. They wanted to help African Americans and other minorities get jobs. This committee was established by president Franklin Roosevelt. -
D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy, France
D-Day was a successful invasion of Normandy, France. There were 12 allied nations working together to invade Normandy. They decided to invade because Hitler was occupying most of the main land in Europe and they knew it was essential to winning the war. -
Victory over Japan day
Victory over Japan day is the day that Japan surrendered in world war 2. Japan surrendered because they were incapable of conducting major operations for the war. Japan surrendering was the end of world war 2. -
Morgan V. Virginia Made segregation illegal
Segregation finally became illegal making it okay for coloured people and white people to be treated equally. Segregation was supposed to be separate but equal, most of the time it was not so that is why it became illegal. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after world war 2 between the powers of the eastern and western blocs. One of the main reasons for the Cold War was people being hostile towards the idea of a communist state. -
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was created to end the legalized racial segregation and discrimination of African American people. This movement was a rally and petition to stop racism. They believed that everyone should be treated equally regardless of race.
