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.
France joined the Triple Entente because it needed protection from Germany.
France felt very heavily the aggression from Germany (a country which it shared a border with), especially over the tension Alsace and Lorraine and the constant switching over of these two counties.
It was also worried about the rapid military advancement in Germany and France wanted to ally itself with Russia and Great Britain.
Lost Generation definition, the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I.
"Literature" was the one field among the following choices given in the question that was associated with the "Lost Generation".
Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.
Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.
A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state.
The monarchs in a constitutional monarchy had only the power that was allocated to them in the constitution of their land or republic.
In Germany, Kaiser means 'Emperor'. On 18th January, 1871 Wilhelm I was declared as Kaiser of Germany.
When the European union formed nations began to cooperate on law enforcement. The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War.
As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. The six founding countries are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The 1950s are dominated by a cold war between east and west.
The historical roots of the European Union lie in the Second World War. Europeans are determined to prevent such killing and destruction from ever happening again.
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