African Independence

Africa changed so much in the 20 year period from 1955 to 1975. In 1955 Africa had very few independent countries. Many of Africa's countries were controlled by the Colonies. In 1975 most of Africa was Independent countries but there were three countries that were still controlled by the Colonies. Some of the Leaders that helped Africa get their independent was Kwame Nkrumah. He returned to the Gold Coast. He helped stage strikes and riots against the government. Kwame Nkrumah became the first minster and later the President of Ghana. Another Leader that helped Africa get their independent was Jomo Kenyatta became the President of the new anation of Kenya. He worked hared to unite the various ethnic and language groups in the country.

9th Grade Review - Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution was a major turning point in human history. Before the Neolithic Revolution happened humans which were know as nomads will travel from place to place in a group of 20- 30 people. They will go hunting and they will gather food this was dangerous. But then the people started to settled down in one place which was sometimes near rivers and they will start to learn to grow crops and domesticate animals. This became known as the Neolithic Revolution. As they were settling down they created social classes, and discovered new things. The Neolithic farmers created calenders to keep track of when to plant and harvest there food. They also developed weapons to help them plant food.

The European Union

The European Union is an alliance that 25 nations of Europe joined together to secure a lasting peace between their countries was to unite then economically and politically. Their are many good thing that come out of this alliance of the European Union. One good thing that came out of this alliance was that the Europe Union now shared the same currency called Euro. Other good thing that come out of this alliance was that you can travel around Europe much easier. Before this alliance was formed you had to show your passport at the border so you can travel between countries. This made it easier for European citizens and business that can ship products freely between the European Union. The last good thing that come out of this alliance was that the people that lived in the European Union can work freely in other European Union. This was impossible 10 years ago and now that the European Union has it's own parliament, military, various organizations and committees that help maintain cooperation and trade between the European Union. This European Union was formed so the European Nations will bound together economically, politically , socially and militarily. The chance of these nation going to war again is very slim.

Film Lesson - "The Right Stuff"

The US(United States) and the USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) were competing in the Film "The Right Stuff". The US and the USSR were competing the space race. The space race was a competition between the US and USSR. They competed to explore the outer space, who put the first satellites, The first human in space, and the first to land on the moon. By the looks of things the USSR was winning the competition but then the US started to catch up. The first person to put the satellite in space was The USSR and then soon after the US did. The US was the first person to send a monkey into space, but The USSR was the first person to send a human into space. The US was the first person to explore the outer space and the US was the first human to land on the moon. This space race was happening during the Cold War. The space war became important part of cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the US and the USSR during the Cold War.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis is considered to be the hottest moment in the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis happened during the Cold War. It was between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was the hottest moment in the Cold War because it was the closet the World has ever come to having a nuclear war. The Soviet Union was placing missiles installations in Cuba quickly and secretly. Then photographs were discovered what the Soviet Union was doing and the next morning President John F. Kennedy was informed what the Soviet Union was during in Cuba. The President organized a group of twelve important advisors to handle the crisis. After the President organized the group to handle the crisis the President announced to the public about the discover of out the Soviet Union was doing. He made his decision to quarantine the island of Cuba and demanding the Soviet Union to remove all their weapons out of Cuba. The tension between the Soviet Union and The United States became to rise. Finally the United States and Soviet Union came to an agreement. The Soviet Union will take the weapons out of Cuba and return it back to Russia like the United States wanted. The United States was not to invade Cuba.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) was a organization that was formed by some of the European countries and North America. The main reason they formed this organization was so the countries involved wanted a mutual defense so if one of the countries get attack. All the countries that are in this organization will come and help out the country that is being attacked.


The Warsaw Pact was also an organization the was formed by the Soviet Union and their satellite countries. The main reason they formed this organization was to counter the alliance made by the NATO organization. They wanted to have a mutual defense like the organization of NATO.