Not sure what you're looking for exactly, but they were certainly risking their lives and livelihoods. African-Americans weren't the only people to be lynched in the fight against racism- black and white abolitionists were at risk as well (though certainly whites to a lesser degree).
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the USS monitor won against the CSS Virginia because it was faster.
the CSS Virginia was made from the hull of the sunken USS Merrimack.
A good book on it is called "big bad ironclad" it is a comic book I reccomend it if you want to learn more.
The "Trail of Tears" the route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans (including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks) to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s.
It is called the "Trail of Tears" because i<span>n 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the </span>Cherokee<span> nation was forced to give up its lands.</span><span> So the </span>Cherokee<span> people </span>called<span> this journey the "</span>Trail of Tears<span>," because of its devastating effects.
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The United Nations was formed to ensure that an event like WWII would never happen again.