The Long and Short-Term Causes of WW2

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The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 occurred at a time when it was unpatriotic to wear certain materials that defied the war effort narrative, causing friction between minorities who wore zoot suits and servicemen who were offended.

Yosemite national park consists of 1,187 square miles in California, 95% of which is designated remote wilderness. Every year as many as five million visitors come to see a small sliver of Yosemite Valley.

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was murdered in cold blood for a racially-charged crime he did not commit. His mother held a 5-day open casket of Emmett’s mangled body to show the world the abhorrent injustice.

The Punic Wars, lasting between 264 and 164 B.C.E, were a series of attacks on the Carthaginians by the growing Roman Empire, ultimately resulting in Rome’s borders expanding significantly.

The Puritans were a group of religious zealots as a response to King Henry VIII’s newly-formed Church of England. Puritans faced friction as their numbers multiplied, forcing them to emigrate to Holland and later New England.

For nearly 300 years, Vikings or Norsemen sailed from Scandinavia to Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East and even North America, acquiring slaves, concubines and culture along the way.

After back-to-back morale-deflating defeats, General George Washington inspired his Continental Army to cross the Delaware River to engage in the Battle of Trenton the day after Christmas, achieving a much-needed victory in the Revolutionary War.