Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ; this was a very important Supreme Court Case having to deal with segregation and public schools. This was important to the Civil Rights movement because it ended racial segregation in schools.
The 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott: It was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional. It was significant to the civil rights movement it was another step forward to ending the racial segregation in public places.
The 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis: Nine African Americans were attempted to be intergrated into an all white school due to the Brown v. Board of Education case. It was significant to the Civil Rights movement because the government were slowly changing laws making it where people of color were getting more equal rights.
The 1963 March on Washington: Was the largest demonstration seen in the Nation's capital. The significance of this march was to peacefully protest on the injustice and police brutality that was being brought again people of color. They were fighting for equal rights and laws.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazis during the time period of 1941-1945. More then six million European Jews were killed, not only Jews but other groups such as homosexuals and gypsies. The Nazis were very mean they would ransack through Jews homes taking what they wanted, they made them slaves for hard labor which sometimes was the death of some Jews, they also created a list of rules and laws prohibiting where Jews could go and whom they could associate and there weren't many options. Jews were forced to wear a patch of the Star of David on there sleeve to show that they were Jews and were often criticized and bullied when out in public because of it. Jews were killed daily, some for no reason; while others that were being put to work were killed when they didn't have enough work for all the Jews.
A man is carrying the bodies of dead Jews off the streets of a ghetto in Warsaw, where many died due to starvation.
A group of Jews being escorted out from the Warsaw ghetto by German soldiers.
A mass execution in Mizocz, Ukraine. Two German soldiers were shooting at a group of Jewish women.
Monday, March 24, 2014
World War II
Pearl Harbor: In History, Pearl Harbour was important because of the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941. The attack not only brought the United States into World War II, but also resulted in the deaths of 2,400 Americans and 1,200 injuries. The attack led to the declaration of war by USA to Japan.
Battle of Midway: The Battle of Midway is regarded as one of the most important naval battles of the Pacific Campaign of World War II that happened between 4th and 7th June 1942. It was where the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
D-Day: D-Day, the Allied invasion of Northern Europe on June 6th, 1944, opened up a second front that forced Hitler to send forces west, which took pressure off the Russians. The greatest seaborne invasion in history was aimed at 80 kilometres of mostly flat, sandy beach along the Normandy coast.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
The Cinderalla Man
When the Great Depression hit it affected families in many ways. When the Great Depression first hit many people lost their jobs. As people were losing their jobs many couldn't afford to up keep their home, while some sold their personal items in their house; others couldn't afford to keep it and had to move out and leave. People couldn't afford to keep up the fashion and dressed in less appealing clothes. Families were lucky if they even had a meal for dinner, because no jobs meant no money. The number of homeless people increased which started the development of Hoovervilles; which were tents and shacks put in a big area of space for homeless and people that had lost their jobs and homes. Extra activities like leisure could no longer be done due to the fact they didn't have money for extra activities.
Monday, February 10, 2014
The New Deal
The New Deal was a time after the Great Depression where programs where made to help citizens and people who had been badly affected by the Great Depression. The program FDIC was made to provide deposit insurance to ensure safety of depositors account. The SEC program was created to regulate the stock market. The TVA program was made to help farmers and made jobs in one of America's least modernized areas. The Social Security Act provided provided old-age pensions for workers,
survivors benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment
insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind and
physically disabled.The NLRA program banned unfair workplace practices in the private sector, prohibited
employers from interfering with their workers’ attempts to form unions,
and established the National Labor Relations Board to enforce the law. The FLSA controlled working conditions and hours.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Red Scare
The Red Scare was an intense fear of communism. The fear of communism was growing more in the United States after numerous countries were being taken over by the Soviet Union. This occurred during the late 1940s and early 1950s. One main cause for the red scare was the Anti-communism in America, and with all the immigrants coming into America at the time people weren't sure if they were apart of communism or not. One of the effects of the Red Scare was that majority of Socialists were barred from holding office. Another effect due to the Red Scare was that A. Mitchell Palmer led the government's anti-communist campaign know as the Palmer Raids. Many immigrants were sent back to their home land due to the Red Scare.
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