World History Questions

Lady of the Lamp

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Tiberius Caesar was a Roman emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. And Jesus was crucified in between 30 - 33AD.

Bartholomew Diaz reached the point in 1487, which the Portuguese named Cape of Good Hope (the southern most point of Africa).

Magellan was a Portuguese sailor who was the first to sail round the world.

The Civil Rights Movement :

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and achieve racial equality.

Individuals and organizations challenged discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws.

Many believe that the movement began with the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In 1933, Congress repealed prohibition with the 21st amendment. At it’s heart, the scopes trial was a clash between religion and science. Nativists were opposed to immigration because they feared that immigration would be a damage to America’s traditions and that it would result in a loss of jobs.

The Prohibition Era in United States history lasted from 1919 to 1933. It was defined by a complete prohibition of the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.