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Rise of Adolf Hitler
He would eventually gain control of Germany and establish himself as a fascist dictator.He then became a very feared and psychotic man he opened concentration camps, his main target of people were jews. If you didn't have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin he didnt like you. -
Great depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. -
The Cold war
an era of confrontation and competition between the US and Soviet Union between 1946-1990.The United States spent trillions of dollars arming themselves for a direct confrontation with the Soviet Union that never came.Eventually the berlin wall came down, borders opened and the soviet union dissolved into different sections. -
Selma march
The Selma to Montgomery march was 3 protest marches along a 54 mile long highway from Selma, Ala to the states capital Montgomery. Mlk and SNCC's John Lewis organized it, there were more than 500 people to "March for freedom". -
Voting rights act of 1965
signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
