America-Land of the free.
- Created by: Redheadxx
- Created on: 05-10-19 16:40
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- America-land of the free?
- Independent state in 1783
- Civil Rights -The basic rights that you are to expect (right to vote and request to be represented in the government
- Won independence from colonists (Britain) after American War of Independence
- The American Dream - The dream to have equality, freedom & liberty.
- Already 500,000 men, women and children who were slaves
- These slaves were mostly in the cotton growing Southern States
- When many people from Jamaica and the Caribbean came to America the colonists held the view that the new world was only for them
- This view remained mainly unchallenged until the mid 19th century
- Segregation began from the very beginning
- Why was it such a struggle?
- Hard to try and change the attitudes & perceptions of people
- Can't change things overnight.
- Challenged the fundamental views of the American Constitution
- Independent state in 1783
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