Study the timeline of Western Culture. Read a summary of Western civilization's history and learn about Western civilization's greatest...
The major causes of the Texas Revolution included Mexico prohibiting further American immigration into Texas. Also, Mexico banned slavery in all its territories, including Texas, and increased tariffs on goods imported into Texas from the United States. It also rescinded its earlier policy of not ...
General Emilio de Bono declared that slavery was abolished in Ethiopia, and dispatched emissaries all over the Tigre province to spread the news that Italian rule was going to be beneficent. Benito Mussolini was livid. [Invasion of Ethiopia | Makalle | AC]...
of slavery and equality for the free of colorTreating someone unfavorably because of skin color.. June 1788 Riot In Grenoble: The “Tile Day”. On 7th June, ‘Day of the Tiles’ in Grenoble, a city in France. The first revolt against the king due to the economic crises in France. Thi...
The Indian Independence Movement was an anti-colonial struggle spanning approximately a century, aimed at ending British rule over the Indian subcontinent. The movement ended in a bittersweet victory, as the people of the subcontinent won freedom and ind
The civil rights movement grew in response to forms of discrimination against Black Americans that remained in the United States after the abolition of slavery. Despite post American Civil War amendments to the U.S. Constitution, local state laws continued to treat African Americans as second-class...
After the Civil War, three amendments -- the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, part ofCongressional Reconstruction-- were passed, designed to ensure equality for African Americans in the South. The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and indentured servitude. ...
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and sent to the states for ratification. On December 6, 1865, when Georgia ratified the amendment, it became law - officially abolishing slavery in the US. At the t...
Complete slavery reading and Underground Railroad map fromTime Traveler The Civil War in America. Abraham Lincoln/Gettysburg Address Books to Read: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer– is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets...
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the segregation of Black people in graduate and law schools. The initial case was fought byThurgood Marshalland the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Marshall used this win to begin building a strategy to fight the “separate but equal” doctrine established in 1896...