Timeline of Events that led to 9/11

1. 1979- The soviets invade Afghanistan

This map shows the path used by SU to invade Afghanistan.

2.1989- Afghani rebels drive Russia and the Soviet Union, Osama Bin-Laden is a main warrior and becomes a famous hero.

Soviets withdrawing from Afghanistan
3. August 2nd, 1990- Iraqi dictator invades Kuwait.

This map shows the route taken by Iraq into Kuwait

4.1991- Osama Bin-Laden offers to send Afghani protection into Saudi Arabia but Saudi Arabia opts for the help of the United States instead. This infuriates Bin-Laden because there are infidels in the holy land.

US troops in Saudi Arabia

5. February 26th, 1993-World Trade Center truck bombing


Destroyed parking garage after World Trade Center truck bombing


6. Muslim radicals present 9/11 plot to Bin-Laden and get his approval and funding
Osama Bin Laden funded the radical's idea that was 9/11


7. After being selected for 9/11 mission by Osama Bin Laden, they start al-Qaeda training for attack
Radicals training in an al Qaeda training camp


8.2000- Hijackers enlist and complete flight school in the United States

Complete class in flight school including 9/11 bombers


9.2001-Hijackers successfully board and take over planes
Pictures shows all hijackers and their designated planes


10.Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaeda rebels successfully bomb the World Trade Center
World Trade Center as it falls from the successful terrorist attack

Civil Rights Events

the Brown v. Board of Education was the event that ended school segregation in the south.

Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks, this boycott lasted 13 months and ended up integrating public transportation systems.

Segregated schools taken to court for breaking the constitution and was integrated

Sit ins and freedom rides were where civil rights activists showed their opinions on controversial civil rights topics.

March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech

Holocaust Blog

1. Holocaust can be defined as destruction or slaughter on a mass scale. The Nazi's used the Jewish people as scapegoats for the poor economy.

2. Things that the Nazi's did to the Jews include:
-Kicking them out of their home
-Taking their personal belongings
-Separated them from their families
-Ran experiments on prisoners
-Put them in concentration camps
-Gave them barely any food
-They killed them with toxic gases
-They shot them in cold blood

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Nazi's burned the dead bodies after killing them with toxic gas.

Shot and killed people in cold blood.

Starved people to the point of being skin and bones.

Nazi's ran experiments on Jewish prisoners

 

Forced Jewish people out of their homes.

 

 

WWII- During the War

Pearl Harbor bombing- The surprise attack on the US by Japan.
Picture taken during the bombing of Pearl Harbor

The Battle of Midway- Navy battle between the US and Japan.
US boat who suffered an attack from Japan

D-Day- When France stormed the beaches to attack the Nazis
Troops storming beaches to attack Germans

Battle of the Bulge- Adolf Hitler's attempt in split up the Allied forces with blitzkrieg
American infantry man fighting in fresh snowfall.

Iwo Jima- battle fought between US and Japan over Iwo Jima island.
 
Americans with flag after winning battle against Japan.

WWII Map

Cinderella Man

During the Great depression, it caused many families to face incredibly hard times. Due to the crash in the stock market it caused many men to lose their jobs, this making it hard for people to provide for their families. The lack of income caused many people to have to downsize their homes from comfortable houses to small cramped apartments or trailers.

 

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Moreover, the lack of income also led to families not having enough money to feed their kids and themselves. This often times resulted in children and adults stealing from stores and other people just to be able to provide. Often times to try and avoid this people had to go and get relief money to help them get by. Also, when parents are having a really hard time it usually resulted in the kids being sent to live with relatives who are better off economically.
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New Deal

The New Deal were programs set up in response to the Great Depression and were aimed to focus on what people called the 3 R's: Relief, Recovery and Reform.

- FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission):
This act gave the FDIC the control of money and official banking systems in the US.

-SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission):
This acts purpose was to restore investor confidence by ending misleading sales practices and stock manipulation that caused the crash in the first place.

-TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority):
This was used to modernize the area and make it more usable for people.

-SSA (Social Security Act):
The act was an attempt to limit what was seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children.

-NLRA (National Labor Relations Board):
This act  a foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary.

-WPA (Works Progress Administration):
This act employed millions of people to do public projects.

FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act):
This act created time-and-a-half when overtime is worked for certain jobs.

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl was a devastating drought that hit the mid west in the 1930's.

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Buried machine in a barn lot, Dallas, Texas,

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The dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas

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Family living in a trailer in an open lot.

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Kids from Oklahoma living in a migratory camp in California.

(Dorothea Lange)

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Father and son slowed by a wind storm while walking to their shack.

 



Effects of Prohibition on society

Prohibition was a law passed in 1920 banning the production and consumption of alcohol. This law lasted for 13 years. The Prohibition had some serious effects on society.
1. The Prohibition led to the creation of an increased amount of illegal establishments who serve alcohol. these establishments can be called speakeasies.

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2. The Prohibition led to the illegal production of alcohol. The people who make this alcohol were called bootleggers.

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WWI Reporter

War Updates

 

-What changes occurred when war began?
-What was it like for people on the home front and soldiers at war?
-What was life like for soldiers? Where did they sleep? How did they move around?
-What was the fighting like and where did it take place?
-What weapons were employed in the fighting?
What else should Americans know as they decide to enter the war?

 

The Great War brought on many changes on the world. The economy is starting to plummet, and things start to become hard for everyone.  People are sad watching their sons go, and people are scared going into war. Life was hard for the soldiers, with poor conditions, low supplies and separation from their families put a serious strain on families. Fighting in trenches and on open fields, war combat was brutal. They used poisonous gases and gas the trenches. They should know that it is not pretty, and that deaths are very common. And that even after they leave the war, if they do make it out, it is going to be very hard to deal with.