Haiku
Gallantly streaming,
the flag dances with the wind.
Democracy lives!
Answer:
The war in Afghanistan began back in 2001. A group called the Taliban had controlled most of the country since 1996 but they were overthrown in November 2001 by British and American armed forces, as well as lots of Afghan fighters from a group called the Northern Alliance.
What caused Islam to split between the Sunni and Shiites is of political trouble.
During the Reconstruction period slaves became freedman, so they gained educational opportunities. About 200,000 of the newly freed learned read with the Feeedmen's Bureau (newly created Bureau that protected freed African-American) , and many African Americans set up their own schools, church's, etc. An example of bettering education would be in Louisiana, in their state constitution of 1868 they required a school for each Parish (of a church) to offer free education to the whites and children of colour between 6-18 years of age.