Background By the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had become the leading voice of the American civil rights movement, advocating for nonviolent resistance to

Background When World War I erupted in 1914, the United States, under President Woodrow Wilson, opted for neutrality. Many Americans believed that the conflict in

Background Joseph Stalin had ruled the Soviet Union with an iron grip since the late 1920s. Under his leadership, the USSR transformed from an agrarian

Background: British rule in India imposed harsh economic restrictions, including a monopoly on salt production and taxation through the Salt Act of 1882. This law

Background Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager who became one of the most well-known victims of the Holocaust. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929, Anne’s

Background The end of the American Civil War in 1865 brought a new era in the United States: Reconstruction (1865-1877). The federal government worked to