The Civil Rights Movement is an umbrella term for the many varieties of activism that sought to secure full political, social, and economic rights for African Americans in the period from 1946 to 1968.
Civil rights activism involved a diversity of approaches, from bringing lawsuits in court, to lobbying the federal government, to mass direct action, to black power.
The efforts of civil rights activists resulted in many substantial victories, but also met with the fierce opposition of white supremacists
Answer: Hammurabi's Code
Explanation:
Hammurabi's code is one of the earliest known legal 'documents' in known history upon which a code of laws was written. It was named Hammurabi's code as it was written during the reign of King Hammurabi of Babylonia.
The code is notable for having some of the earliest basis for the law of retribution or simply put, the idea of "an eye for an eye" by including examples of scenarios where the law would be applied. For instance, the code talks about how a man who steals a cow must pay it back 30 times.
Climate change that caused a severe drought.It is also theorized that the Hittite's cities were destroyed by earthquakes.
Before the invention of the cotton gin only long thread cotton could be profitably grown. The long thread cotton could only be grown in a limited geographic locations.
The cotton gin allowed short thread varieties of cotton to be profitably grown throughout the south. This increase in cotton production lead to the expression that cotton is king. The southern plantation owners became rich. The economy of the south became depended on cotton.
In the north the availability of large amounts of now relatively cheap cotton made textile mills a possibility in the north. These textile mills utilizing cotton from the south were the foundation of the industrialization of the north, providing great wealth and attracting immigrants from Europe.
The cotton gin changed the economy of the south to a mainly agriculture economy based on cotton and slavery.
The cotton gin changed the economy of the north to a mainly industrial factory based economy requiring educated workers from European nations.
The southern economy wanted low import duties to purchase manufactured goods with their agricultural products.
The northern economy wanted high import duties to protect their new industries from European competition
