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=**__﻿The Ku Klux Klan__**= The first KKK was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee in May of 1866. The first KKK never ended, but other Klans continued to join. The second KKK started at around the 1920's and lasted through the 1930's onward. During the 1860's the klan thrived. The Ku Klux Klan is known for their racist and prejudice actions towards african americans. They are considered a white supremisist group who are opposed to immigration. Wearing strange cone-shaped hats, white robes,and frightening masks the Klan expressed their view of hatred towards other races throught terrorizing people. They were involved in beatings and murder. By the time the second Klan was formed cross-burning became routine. In the South the influence of the Klan was a major challenge for the civil rights movement. Though broken apart in the U.S., today small independent klan groups protest to show their hatred of other races, and opposition to immigration. The Klan had their strongest influence in the Southeast where some towns had a majority of people racist. Even many police officer's were secretly clansmen. The KKK is still around today. They still have the same beliefs but, the Klan is not as strong as it was 70 years ago. Most of the conflict from the KKK has stopped, but there are still some cases that are still not resolved to this day. media type="youtube" key="Fi30b_x0vSs" height="344" width="430"

=__**Segregation**__= In the southeast, during the 1930s, segregation was flourishing. Even though the Blacks had been freed from slavery after the Civil War, life did not get much better. Although they no longer were slaves, they were still discriminated against. Blacks were separated from whites in just about everything. School, drinking fountains, benches, neighborhoods, buses, and many other things around the United States were segregated. If a black person ignored these rules, they would be jailed.Life for the black people at this time period were terribly rough. Although many black people and even many whites disagreed with what was going on, it was hard to get change. Throughout the time from the end of the Civil War, their had been many segregation laws passed and cases in the Supreme Court regarding segregation. Some examples of state segregation laws that were passed are: Examples of Supreme Court cases that supported segregation are These laws and cases struck fatal blows to blacks around the United States. Many blacks protested this, but the time for the downfall of segregation would still be far off.
 * 1914: Louisiana required separate entrances for blacks and whites
 * 1915: Oklahoma created segregation for telephone booths
 * 1920: In Mississippi, it was made a crime to publish something suggesting equal rights for blacks and whites
 * 1920: Arkansas made racetracks segregated
 * 1920: Texas prohibited integrated boxing matches.
 * 1920: Kentucky prohibited a textbook issued to a black man to be reissued and also prohibited interracial marrying
 * 1920: Georgia banned black ministers from performing a marriage between two white
 * Plessy vs Ferguson: This case said that you could separate blacks and whites as long as it was equal. This case spawned the saying "Seperate but equal".
 * Williams vs Mississippi: This case went over voter discrimination. It found that it was ok to have literacy tests and poll taxes to be able to vote.

=__The Great Depression__= The Great Depression. A period of time that America will never forget. A time where jobs were extremely rare, money was even harder to come by, and the industry was in tatters. It is a moment in history that will not soon be forgotten, especially now as our country experiences hardships similar to the Depression. It all started with the Wall Street Crash of October, 1929, on a day that will be remembered as "Black Tuesday". The stock market lost a total of around 30 billion dollars, leaving many Americans penniless. The stock market crash is only one factor in the Depression. The main cause of the crash of wallstreet was because the stock markets went really low. Other causes include the cost of WWI, a weak national bank, overproduction, and a bursting credit bubble. One out four people became unemployed, and many people committed suicide following the crash.



Interesting Facts:

 * Homeless people during the Depression lived in shanty towns called "Hoovervilles", named after President Herbert Hoover, who was president at the time
 * Al Capone, Chicago gangster, opened a soup kitchen, where many people had their only meals of the day
 * Designers created more affordable fashions for women
 * The board game Monopoly became very popular in 1935
 * 60-80 million people went to the movies each week
 * African Americans were the first to get laid off from their jobs
 * During the Depression crime rates increased
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt became March 1933. He promised a new deal for American people
 * 1.5 million women were abandoned by their husbands



=__The Dust Bowl__= The Dust Bowl, also known as The Dirty Thirties, was a series of dust storms due to a severe drought and extensive farming. For eight years, dust was blown all throughout the country. Everything became difficult. like eating, going for walks, and simply just breathing. Farmers crops blew away and there was nothing they could do about it. Also, children had to wear dust masks to school and on their way back home. Most kids walked to school then, so it was a very difficult task. When the rain finally came that caused the drought to cease, the dust was washed away.

=__**The Hindenburg**__=

The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937. The German passenger airship caught fire trying to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 35 out of the 97 passengers perished in the disaster. The Hindenburg was fueled with hydrogen, which ignited and caused the blimp to catch fire.