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The era of the Black Freedom Movement is a period I know very well as an African American woman. The 1960s was a time of social movements such as feminism, Native American rights, and gay rights, but the most successful demonstration of this time was the black freedom movement. The campaign had already been going on for decades, but more people became involved than ever before. Public attention from TV broadcasting had made it extremely useful to get their point across to Americans everywhere. The freedom movement worked to remove segregation, economic inequality, legal discrimination, and cultural attitudes against African Americans. African Americans weren't respected in society and mainstream America. The black freedom movement had several tactics to campaigning their beliefs, such as non-violence, taking legal action, and for the black panthers, self-defense. In 1954, Thurgood Marshall went to court and argued that segregation did lifelong damage because it made one group of c

The 1950s had a significant cultural and historical effect on America. After World War 2, the economy saw remarkable growth, and the Cold War fueled industrial production. The 1950s were referred to as a decade of "affluent society" due to increased consumerism. The overall GNP grew by 250%, and the baby boom increased the population by 20%. At this time, Americans were encouraged to consume because it was good for the economy and the nation. The mass production of products, like cars, made commuting possible, which led to the building of Highways that led to the suburbs. Forty thousand miles of highway was built to link cities to suburbs and promote the use of cars. Many white Americans could now afford homeownership and spent their money on homes and consumer goods. Suburbanization hardened the racial divisions, and overall, 7 million whites left the cities for the suburbs. Suburbs mainly consisted of white neighborhoods and brand new homes. During the 1950s, suburbanizatio

The topic for this week is a highly discussed area of U.S. history, and it had a profound effect on the way wen are as a nation today. World War 2 killed more people and involved more countries than any other war in history. About 70 nations took part in combat, and about 52 million people lost their lives, only 17 million being combatants in the war. This means that 35 million innocent civilians and jews were killed amidst the turmoil of the war. The war began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Germany was economically ruined following World War 1 and was forced to pay $33 billion in reparations by the treaty of Versailles. This caused violent, anti-democratic, ant-Semitic groups to flourish and embark on a campaign to invade and control all of Europe. The nazi party became the most powerful and Germany and led by the one and only Adolf Hitler. Japan and Italy, along with Germany, were denied a favorable balance of world trade after the first world war, and they all bel

The Great Depression was a pivotal turning point in American history and caused significant changes in the way we operate as a nation. On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, and stock prices fell drastically. Within two weeks, $30 billion removed from the United States economy. People began to withdraw their money, and banks fell throughout the industrial world. Millions of families lost their life savings and ultimately marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Many believe the stock market crash is what eventually caused the Great Depression, but this is incorrect. The Great Depression was caused by several things such as lack of banking and market regulations, foreign debts, unequal distribution of income/corporate power, and a belief in a self-regulating economy. Many Americans had over-confidence in the stock market when, in reality, stock prices were out of proportion to actual profits. The Depression had grave consequences on the people of the nation. Twenty-six thou