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The first people to ever set foot on the American continents, came over the Bering Strait from Siberia, Asia. -
Between 1700 and 1800 an estimated 250,000 slaves were taken to America, and owning slaves was largely accepted. -
When the colonies wanted independence from the British crown, a war broke out over disagreements
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Slavery was one of the issues that led to a civil war between the Northern and Southern states
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The Southern states made it difficult for African American people to vote -
In 1963 250,000 people took part and listened to Marthin Luther King Jr. deliver his speech "I have a dream" -
From 2009-2017, the US had its first African American president, Barack Obama -
The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in 2013 and since people all over the US, as well as in many other countries, have used the hashtag in protests. -
Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President in 2021.