• Many Greek city-states began to resent Athens's arrogance and misuse of the Delian League's treasury, and they turned to Spart
a for support. • The differences between Athenian and Spartan culture caused the city-states to fear and distrust each other.
• Many Spartans thought the Athenians would become too powerful if they were not stopped; the Athenians thought Sparta was a threat to their democratic government.
• Sparta declared war on Athens in 432 B.C.E., and most of the other Greek city-states got involved as well.
• The Spartans laid siege to the city of Athens but were unable to breach the walls or destroy the Athenian navy.
• After more than a generation and a terrible plague, the Athenians surrendered to the Spartans in 404 B.C.E.
• Sparta emerged from the war as a still-powerful city-state, while Athens was reduced to a second-rate power.
Which conflict is described above?
A. Trojan War B. Punic Wars C. Persian Wars D. Peloponnesian War
The landmark US Supreme Court´s sentence Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 stated that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. It reverted the 1896 Plessy versus Ferguson decision that upheld segregated but equal public facilities as constitutional. Brown v. Board of Education gave impulse to the Civic Rights Movement.
