Textile mills, merchants, and Northern American workers were afraid that freed African Americans could take their jobs.
The government had agreed to stop funding Shinto, which those they made the treaty with hoped this would take power away from the Emperor. So Shinto became more of a culture thing instead of a religious thing.
The action that has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War is 3. tearing down the Berlin Wall. The Wall had been formed by the Soviet Union to separate East Berlin (Soviet-controlled) from West Berlin (Western-controlled). Its fall allowed Berliners (and Germans) from the Eastern half finally make their way to the Western half.
January 1, 100 BC – December 31, 1 BC
