On may 4 1961 6 black men and 6 white men chose to come together and form an alliance called the freedom riders. The leader of the freedom riders was jame farm. James farmer was just an african american man who wanted to be equal to everyone else and he is a strong individual that work alongside martin luther king jr. The main purpose for the freedom rides was to end racism and look at everybody to be created equally. Also They were on two busses headed to the deep south and they intended to test
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World War I initially started because of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The U.S got involved in World War I as a result in economic trade binding America to the Allies (Brower). World War I or as many people like to call it The Great War was from 1914 all the way to 1919. It was one of the most brutal and destructive wars in European history. “Of the 65 million men‚ who were mobilized‚ more than 10 million
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Suffering During The Civil War African Americans have made great strides over the last few generations‚ but there is still discrimination because of the color of their skin. The toughest time for these extraordinary‚ hard-working people would have to be the grueling Civil War. In this paper‚ we will be talking about African Americans during the Civil War. We wouldn’t personally know what life was like for a slave‚ but the responses when asked about it came in varieties of ways. We know this because according
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The Cold War‚ a non-violent war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union‚ served as a period of great paranoia for many Americans and the rest of the world. On the brink of nuclear fallout‚ the world lied in the hands of the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist United States. The two countries emerged from World War II as the strongest nations in the world‚ but the stark differences in government and economics led to a bitter rivalry. Furthermore‚ Stalin’s aggressive plans to spread communism throughout
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less than apocalyptic; it seemed like an end. It’s not‚ the war was not the end but the beginning of everything. World War I‚ which lasted from 1914 to 1918‚ was one of the greatest wars and the first modern war in the world. This world war I became the gateway to new things. From the political‚ social and economic fields. This war not only inflicts tremendous damage but also costs a lot and affects the world order afterwards. World War I brought down the four greatest empires in Europe without a
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The Civil War and Reconstruction made significant progress towards creating a more equal society. First of all‚ after the Civil War‚ the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th Amendments not only freed the enslaved‚ but gave them rights and allowed them to vote. The progress made was incredible and it was really done in a very short amount of time. The enslaved were now able to participate in government‚ work‚ own land‚ etc. We see‚ firstly‚ the 13th Amendment‚ which abolished slavery. Immediately‚ the Amendment
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Beginning in 1955‚ during the tension-filled era of the Cold War‚ the Vietnam War sparked American interest due to the underlying conflict of communism and democracy clashing against one another. During this time‚ America’s interests were not only divided between Russian and Chinese forces of communism during this time‚ but South Vietnam was peaking curiosity as they were attempting to take over their nearby democratic brother‚ North Vietnam. For many years‚ the French had ruled over the two areas
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What Caused The Civil War? There were many different contributing factors to the start of The Civil War. Five of these causes were the Northwest Ordinance and Missouri Compromise‚ John Brown’s raid‚ The 1850 Compromise‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the constant conflict between the North and South. The Northwest Ordinance said the there could be no slavery in states north of the Ohio River‚ however slave holders moved west to new states. This then led to the Missouri Compromise which said no slave
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“How close to civil war did Britain come between 1912 and 1914?” A civil war between Ireland and Britain seemed inevitable by the 27th of July 1914. Problems had been brewing in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics since the time of Oliver Cromwell. However‚ it was not until the introduction of the third home rule bill which made it seem likely that Ireland would finally be independent‚ that the problems between the Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionist caused major concern for
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on April 9‚ 1865‚ many considered the Civil War to be over. The fact that the North was victorious over the South was accepted and the process of reconstruction began in America. It was never openly discussed on why the North defeated the South. However‚ the question began to slowly arise over time on why the South lost the Civil War. Many historians have become interested in this question and many reasons have been given on why the South lost the Civil War. Lack of manpower‚ shortages of supplies
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