Reluctantly after trying appeasement (which was a massive failure) Britain and France had to honor their promise to defend Poland should she be attacked. When she was, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Some of the similar ways that medieval university and modern universities are: There were different structures from differente majors, it was arts, science, and engineering which is similar to te universities now. As well money ranks the better place you study. Rich people in those times had the posibility of studying with better teachers like now people who are wealthy go to Ivy League universities.
In addition, they also gave general studies like grammar and vocabulary which is still part of the general studies f your first two years of college.
In many ways racism was still prominent within the United States after the civil war. Many laws were set in place to keep African Americans below white Americans. These were known as the Jim Crow laws. Even after the Jim Crow laws were removed segregation and civil rights issues were common until the 1960’s.
