A. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
In an astonishing decision the case ruled that segregation of public school systems was unconstitutional.

The news made national news

B. the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama a monumental boycott of public transportation took place. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. where the leaders.

Blacks chose to walk instead of use the bus


C. the 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis

Little Rock Central High School kept African American Students from entering the school, until President Eisenhower intervened.

National Guard escorts students into the high school

D. the sit-ins and freedom rides of the early 1960s

During the 1960s buses full of Civil Right's activists rode busses into the southern states causing a lot of turmoil.

At times the buses would get attacked by racists.

E. The 1963 civil rights protest in Birmingham
MLK led the SCLC to bring awareness to the cause which involved intergrading the schools of Birmingham, Alabama

Students get blasted by water

F. The 1963 March on Washington was the greatest gathering of protestors in favor of freedom in US history.

 

MLK delivers his famous I have a dream speech

Holocaust Blog

The Holocaust was a tragic, mass murder of German Jews and other people of Jewish decent that were located in countries which Germany invaded during WWII. More than 6 million Jews were slaughtered by Hitler and the Nazi Party.

1. Nazi's controlled the amount of money a Jew could have.
2. Jews were crowded in ghettos and then concentration camps.
3. They were transported like animals in huge windowless trains.
4. Many Jews were "gassed" and had their bodies disposed.
5. Diseases also took the lives of million Jews.
6. The conditions they lived in were unimaginable.
7. Starvation was also a huge factor.

A Jewish man about to be executed.

Starvation victims are carried away.

Newly deported Jews arrive at a concentration camp.

Jewish Survivors pose.

 

 

6 Million lives were lost.

Cold War Showdown



U-2 Planes Capture proof of Missles in Cuba.

JFK meets with military officials about the U-2 pictures.



This is a Picture of the map JFK used to keep track of the events happening with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

JFK informs the nation about the blockade around Cuba

 

 



Fidel Castro responds to JFK's Blockade around Cuba

 



JFK sings the proclamation to Quarantine Cuba

 

 

President Kennedy informs the nation that the Cuban Missile Crisis was averted and the threat s over


BONUS VIDEO:

Atomic Blog

 

THE ATTACKS ON JAPAN

 

 

 

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The bombings of Japan were devastating, but the were needed. Without these bombings the war would have dragged on and many more American lives would have been lost. The loss of lives lost by the bombs was insurmountable, it destroyed entire cities and forced Japan to surrender. Many Americans were just happy that it was over, they were not thinking about all the civilian lives lost in the process. This was a very selfish view that would cause many more controversies later on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World War II - During the War

Pearl Harbor bombing changed the course of American History, it is what forced the US to join the war.

Victims of the bombing watch as the fumes cloud up the sky

 

 

Battle of Midway was significant because it is the most decisive win in the pacific campaign of the war. The United States beat the Japanese as they tried to bomb another American base.

 U.S and Japanese planes are fighting each other

 

 

D-Day was the main invasion of French territory by the Allied Forces. It was a brutal fight.

 

American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft

 

Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign

 

German soldiers prepare for battle

 





 

Iwo Jima was a battle where the U.S fought to recapture the Iwo Jima territory.

U.S soldiers ready for battle



Beginnings of WWII blog

          I chose picture 39. In this picture Jesse Owens is captured being honored for one of his gold metals. He beat a Nazi German man and a Japanese athlete as well. The irony in this medal stand is amazing. Because in two short years the 3 countries would be fighting a war against each other. And the winner of the Gold- Metal would also win the war; that is some serious foreshadowing.

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Blog 16 - New Deal

The NEW DEAL was a bunch of government programs that were started during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression.


FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Commission

                          Works as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933.

SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

                          Controls the electronic markets of the U.S.
 TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

                           Provide navigation, flood control, electricity Generation, fertilizer manufacturing.

SSA - Social Security Act

                           Regulates the workers activities, ad permits him or her to work.

NLRA - National Labor Relations Board

                           Conducts elections for labor unions.

WPA - Works Progress Administration

                           Employs millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects.

FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act
                          The FLSA introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, established a national minimum wage.