Civil Rights Events

Event 1: Brown vs Board of Education: Court case that concluded with the court's decision that segregating public schools between blacks and whites is unconstitutional.

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Event 2: 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott: A protest towards racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Event 3: 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis: A group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School were prevented from entering by Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas.

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Event 4: The sit ins and freedom rides of the early 1960s: During sit ins, civil rights activists would sit in white-only locations as an act of protest. Freedom rides were when civil rights activists rode on buses to test the Boynton vs. Virginia decision that ended segregation in interstate travel.

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Event 5: 1963 Civil Rights Protest in Birmingham: A movement organized by the SCLC led by MLK that used nonviolent actions that led the government to change the city's discrimination laws.

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Event 6: March on Washington: One of the largest political protest for human rights in U.S. history, led by MLK, that demanded civil rights for blacks.

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Cold War Showdown

JFK tells America of the naval blockade against Cuba.

 

 

 

 

Fidel Castro urges for a nuclear attack on America.

 

 

JFK signs a proclamation enacting U.S. arms quarantine against Cuba.

 

 

 

The CND protests the U.S. action over the Cuban missile crisis.

 

 

 

JFK reports that Cuban missile bases are being destroyed.

 

 

A Soviet ship removing an aircraft from Cuba after America requests their withdrawal.

 

 

 

The Americans follow the Soviets as they retreat from Cuba.

 

Events leading to 9-11 timeline

 

                                1980-The Soviets invade Afghanistan.                                   

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1987- Osama Bin Laden joins fighting; the Arabs force the Soviets out of Afghanistan. Osama is considered a hero.

 

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1990- Saudi Arabia accepts the U.S. protection instead of Bin Laden's Protection.

 

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February 1993- Ramzi Yousef lights the fuse on a bomb and rips a 7 story hole through the tower's core. Six people are killed.

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1996- Bin Laden returns to Afghanistan and writes a declaration of war against the U.S.

K.S.M. tells Bin Laden of the idea of crashing planes into the World Trade Center, and Bin Laden begins to plot "The Planes Operation."

 

 

 

1998- Bombing at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania after Bin Laden's declaration of war.

 

October 12, 2000- Blast in a U.S. ship caused by suicide bombers.

 

 

January 20,2001- George Bush is sworn in. he does not order retaliation.

 

 

 

September 6, 2001- A boy tells his teacher that within a week the World trade Center will not be standing. She ignores him.

 

 

September 11, 2001- The attack is launched on the World Trade Center.

 





 



Atomic Blog

 

U.S. atomic bomb, "Little Boy" that the U.S. made ready to use if deemed necessary.

President Harry Truman faced a major decision as President. By dropping an atomic bomb, he could end the war with Japan. He eventually chose to agree to the bombing because the Japanese refused to surrender. The U.S. bomber plane "Enola Gay" released the atomic bomb "Little Boy" (as seen above) on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

U.S. bomber plane "Enola Gay" drops atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima on August 6,1945.

.During this bombing, 70,000 Japanese were vaporized and 100,000 died later on from burns and radiation illnesses. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan two days later and a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

The atomic bomb "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki on August 8,1945.

 





People clearing up debris the day after the Nagasaki bombing.

 



People walking through the remains of the city of Nagasaki.





      These bombings ended the war in the pacific by making it difficult for the Japanese to continue fighting.



Dust Bowl (blog #15)

This is a map of the areas affected by the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl was a time period during which severe dust storms struck the mid-western part of the United States. It took place during the 1930s and lasted for about a decade. This time period is said to be caused by droughts and the use of new mechanized farming techniques. Numerous prairies and crops were destroyed. The destruction caused by the Dust Bowl had a negative impact on the U.S. economy and lengthened The Great Depression.

On April 15, 1935, a gigantic dust cloud bears down on a peaceful little ranch in Boise City, Okla., where the topsoil has blown away.

Buried machinery in barn lot in Dallas, South Dakota, United States, during the Dust Bowl.

 

 



Women wearing masks to avoid breathing in dust.
 

A farm in Texas with all its crops ruined for lack of rain, and wind-blown dirt piled up against the house.   

A city is about to be consumed by a dust storm.
 



 

 

Cinderella Man/The Great Depression

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 From watching the movie "Cinderella Man," one can see the effects the Great Depression had on families during that time period. The Great Depression caused many social problems. I believe the Great Depression had the biggest impact on men. In those days, the men were the ones who worked and the women stayed home. With so little jobs and so many needs, men felt like they were failing their families. We see this in the guy that wouldn't show up to his kid's birthday party because he was ashamed he couldn't have thrown the party himself. Some men, like Jim, have to fake that they were not injured in order to get a job, like when Jim painted his cast so he could get a job at the docks. The quality and quantity of clothing people wore changed during this time period. People went from wearing nice clothes to wearing the cheapest material money can buy, and having as few clothing items as they can survive with having. We see this when Jim starts off with wearing all nice clothes and goes to wearing what we would consider "rags" and he only owns one pair of socks. Also, if you pay attention to their dresser, in the beginning it is covered in jewelry and jewels, but during the GD, it is bare. People had to sell all of their valuables just to pay the bills. Housing went through a major change during the GD period. Many people lost their homes and ended up having to send their kids away to family members who could afford to take care of them. There were housing areas called Hoovervilles that were very dirty and violent, with lots of fighting and fires being set. We see this when Jim goes to visit his friend that went to live in the Hooverville and his friend got killed within the violence that was going on. For those that did live in houses or apartments, they had to live in really small and cheap spaces, and all of the kids had to share one bed. We see this when Jim's kids had to sleep all in one bed in the kitchen/living room. The crime rate also went up during the GD. People who just a few years earlier wouldn't dream of breaking the law were found stealing food for their families, like when Jim's son stole from the butcher. We also see this when kids tear down a fence for wood. The government gave money to those who needed it, because of the Federal Relief Act, but im sure that even then most men didn't go there because they felt to ashamed, like how Jim looked ashamed when he had to borrow money from them. Other things we see in the movie are people losing everything they owned and the soup lines running out of soup. The GD was a very trying time for many people.

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Prohibition (Blog #14)

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Prohibition had an interesting effect on society. During this time period, people were not allowed to drink, buy or sell alcohol and bootleggers were arrested. Prohibition was put in place for the purpose of there being more sober people that didn't break the law, but just the opposite happened. During the fourteen years of prohibition, there were more people breaking the law than beforehand. It did not really stop drinking alcohol anyways, because people would come up with a medical need for alcohol and get a medical prescription for it as a loophole. Gangsters hired people to smuggle alcohol and they would sell it in speakeasies, or illegal bars. Prohibition Agents were not very effective because most of them accepted bribes. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression exposed a need for more jobs. By removing the prohibition, more jobs would be available, thus the amendment was repealed. Therefore, the prohibition period was not effective because it did not change the opinions of those that were against it.





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