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NATIVE (Indigenous) AMERICANS



[Native Americans are called Indians because Columbus mistakenly thought he had reached the Indies and named the people he met Indian]

  1. Pre-Columbian era (before 1492) .
  2. Native Americans in the U.S..
  3. Native Americans Timeline.
  4. First Americans for Obama .
  5. Barack's message for the First Americans .
  6. Native American legends , and the Chaco jewelry .
  7. White House Tribal Nations Conference .
  8. Obama pledged to redeem broken promises made to American Indians.
  9. Supreme Court says tribes must be fully reimbursed .
  10. Native Americans to get millions after 'big victory' in Supreme Court.
  11. 2009: U.S. Offers An Official Apology to Native Americans.


Arrival of the Europeans



  1. 10.12.1492: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas. He discovers the new world for Europe
  2. America's Story
  3. History of North America: European colonization of the Americas
  4. The 13 American Colonies
  5. History of the United States


Black History


  1. African Americans
  2. Africans in the Americas
  3. Slavery in the United States
  4. The History of Black History
  5. Black History Month
  6. Library of Congress: Black history month
  7. Civil Rights movement heroes
  8. Martin Luther King speeches
  9. African-American history timeline
  10. The History Channel: Black History Month
  11. Kwanzaa: Honoring the values of ancient African cultures
  12. Juneteenth: Celebrates the liberation of black American slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865
  13. Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech - transcript and video
  14. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister sees Barack Obama continuing brother's legacy
  15. Dr. Carter G. Woodson
    Founder of Black History Month
  16. African American History Month
  17. Library of Congress: Black Citizenship
  18. Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist. He was freed from prison after 27 years. 2.11.10 South Africans celebrate the 20th anniversary of his prison release.
  19. history.com: The King family
  20. Rosa Parks: Biography and the story behind the bus
  21. National Urban League
  22. 1880's Jim Crow laws(legalized segregation between blacks and whites)
  23. [Homer Adolph] Plessy v. [John Howard] Ferguson of 1896 (Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation)
  24. [Linda] Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 (Overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court declared separate facilities by race to be unconstitutional)
  25. Civil Rights Act of 1964
  26. Affirmative Action to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  27. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
  28. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
  29. Civil Rights Movement Timeline
  30. 9.22.09 Pres. Obama lunch with: sub-saharan african leaders . The $3.5 billion food security initiative
  31. Video 3.20.10 Tavis Smiley Black Agenda Forum
  32. U.S. Policy in sub-Saharan Africa
  33. U.S.-Africa Policy Under the Obama Administration
  34. Malcolm and Martin
  35. Nine African Americans have served in the U.S. Senate


  36. NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous on Obama's a rising tide lifts all boats theory.
  37. Benefits of the Affordable Care Act for blacks.
  38. 7.26.12: Educational Excellence for African-Americans initiative.
  39. Three ways this initiative STEM.
  40. My Brother’s Keeper initiative for black and Latino young men.
  41. 2009: Senate Unanimously Approves Resolution Apologizing for Slavery.


America

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  1. History of the Americas
  2. U.S. Colonial history
  3. 1620: Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts
  4. America's Story
  5. History of North America: European colonization of the Americas
  6. The 13 American Colonies
  7. History of the United States
  8. U.S. Diplomatic history (1776–1789)
  9. U.S. Military history (1789–1849)
  10. U.S. Technological and Industrial history (1849–1865)
  11. 1865 Emancipation Proclamation
  12. 1865-1877 Reconstruction era of the United States
  13. U.S. Economic history (1865–1918)
  14. U.S. Cultural history (1918–1945)
  15. U.S. history in the South (1945–1964)
  16. U.S. history (1964–1980): Civil Rights (1896–1954)
  17. U.S. history (1980–1991): Civil Rights (1955–1968)
  18. U.S history (1991–present): Women's history
  19. Presidents of the United States
  20. History of the U.S. coins
  21. History of the U.S. paper money/bills
  22. The Constitution / Bill of Rights (1-10 amendments), and subsequent amendments (11 to 27)
  23. Feb. 2 Punxsutawney Phil: Groundhog Day, predicts 6 more weeks of winter by seeing his shadow
  24. MLK's Economic Dream Unrealized.State of the Dream 2010: Drained
  25. 4.7.10: Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month
  26. 4.7.10 McDonnell: Not mentioning slavery was 'a mistake'
  27. 4.8.10 Governor: Slavery omission 'a mistake'
  28. 4.8.10: Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell
  29. 4.9.10 Pres. Obama: Virginia governor's slavery omission 'unacceptable'
  30. Polio
  31. Mars Exploration
  32. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of currently 28 countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.

Jews-Arab Conflict



  1. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  2. Anne Frank's website
  3. Holocaust Research Project: Anne Frank and her family
  4. Obama's great-uncle, Charlie Payne, was part of liberating one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald
  5. Jewish Virtual Library
  6. History of the Israel-Palestinian conflict
  7. The Gaza Strip crisis (12/27/08 -present)
  8. 1967 Israeli-Arab war

    (The whole land of Canaan a.k.a Israel was promised to the Jews. Ishmael was made into a nation because he is Abraham's offspring, but he will not share in the inheritance that was promised for Isaac. The covenant was established with Isaac.)


Wars


  1. French and Indian War (1754-1763) France and Great Britain fought for control of the colonies in North America.
  2. American Revolution (1775–1783)
    13 Colonies fought England for their independence.
  3. The War of 1812
    A 3 year war between the U.S. and the U.K. which established the U.S. as a sovereign nation . Quiz on the War of 1812
  4. American Civil War (1861–1865) America's northern states fought the southern confederate states to end slavery.
  5. World War I (1914-1918)
    The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia in 1914 ignited the Great War. Europe's great powers (Russia,France,Britain,Italy, and Belgium) fought against the Central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey)

    Germany went to war (known as The Great War) with Britain because they were competing for power to become the strongest.
  6. World War II (1939-1945)
    Adolf Hitler wanted to revenge Germany's defeat in WWI. Germany invaded Poland. Japan surrendered in 1945, and the war ended.
  7. Cold War (mid-1940s to the early 1990s)
    Post-World War II geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the US. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
  8. Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
    (Iraq invaded Kuwait)
  9. 9/11/2001 Terrorist Attack on America. And on March 10, 2009 the 9/11 Suspects say they are "Terrorists To The Bone".
  10. War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
    Former pres. George W. Bush launched the Afghanistan War in 2001 after the ruling Taliban in Kabul refused to turn over al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 Americans.

    "We are fighting a war against al Qaeda and its extremist allies, who directly threaten the United States, Afghanistan, and our friends and allies around the world."- Secretary of State, Robert Gates
  11. Iraq (2003-2010)
    Pres. Obama's plan to end the war. On 8.31.10 the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end. On 8.18.10 the last U.S. brigade combat team leaving.
  12. Women, War, and Peace


The Middle East

Today's Middle East
Ancient Middle East

  1. Pres. Obama's European Trip 3.31.09 to 4.7.09
  2. 4.6.2009 Pres. Obama: U.S not at war with muslims (seeking to bridge the gap between the Muslim and Western worlds) while in Turkey and Cairo, Egypt on the 4th of June, 2009
  3. Son of Hamas Mosab Hassan Yousef converts from Islam to Christianity. The interview . He also spoke of Ariel Sharon
  4. 4.19.10 Top Two Al-Qaida Leaders in Iraq Killed . VP Joe Biden delivers the news. Watch the video.
  5. Emmitt Till was a catalyst for the American Civil Rights Movement, and Hamza Al Khateeb becomes a symbol of Syria's revolution.


Mid-East Uprising

ARAB SPRING: Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa



  1. Civil war: Tunisia, Yemen (Mid-East), Egypt, Syria
    (The protesting began as a result of Mohamed Bouazizi , a Tunisian street vendor who  set himself on fire  on December 17, 2010. The story of Mohamed Bouazizi).

  2. Timeline: Tunisia uprising.
  3. Timeline: Yemen uprising.
  4. Timeline: Egypt uprising. CNN's timeline
  5. Timeline: Civil war in Libya
    ( Gadhafi's death and the Arab spring. The 2011 Libyan civil war ).

  6. Timeline: Syria uprising. Pres. Bashar al-Assad said Syria will not bow down .
    ( Zainab al-Hosni is believed to be the first woman to die. 13 yr old Hamza Al Khateeb becomes a symbol of Syria's revolution. His mutilated, castrated corpse ).

    Three are gone ( Muammar Gadhafi from Libya, Hosni Mubarak from Egypt, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from Tunisia).

    Two are holding on in the face of daily protests ( Bashar al-Assad from Syria, and Ali Abdullah Saleh from Yemen).

    Two more ( king Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein of Jordan and king Mohammed VI of Morocco) trying to stay ahead of the curve of protest: After 10 months of the Arab Spring, the region is still in the throes of a heady and unpredictable transformation.

  7. 9.6.20: Tunisia's youth still struggle a decade after the uprising.


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