The biggest disappointment of Reconstruction was the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK was a secret society that used terrorism to intimidate and suppress African Americans. They hoped to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly gained rights, such as voting and owning land. The KKK also targeted white Republicans who supported Reconstruction. The KKK was very successful in its campaign of violence and terror, and it helped to undermine Reconstruction.
Light bulb Even if to contend for the authorship of the light bulb Im the American Thomas Edison and the Italian Alessandro Cruto, it is certain that this small object, invented during the 19th century, revolutionized the daily life of people all over the world. After the discovery of ele
Half a loaf of bread and a cube of margarine - this is the award Tadeusz Pietrzykowski received for his first duel with a German kapo in KL Auschwitz. Then there were more. Hungry, exhausted by overworking, weighing only 40 kg, the boxer repeatedly stood in the camp ring. He fought his life with his
Norma Shearer plays Marie Antoinette in the 1938 film of the same name In the video (from youtube.com) which I inserted at the bottom of the post you can see the final scene of the famous film of 1938 Marie Antoinette , that of the execution of the ex queen of France, played by No
When Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain, representatives of the Eastern Bloc soon understood the power of sport in the service of propaganda. The implementation of socialist ideology in football brought much better results than in the economy. The Hungarians were particularly successful in this