African American children must attend the same schools as white children.
The "time bombs" being experienced
were the risk of chaos as there was no central power with the federal
government and states could have broken to their own. Because of the
decentralization of power it was very difficult to collect taxes
and keep the government going smoothly, the trade was difficult between various
states and all of these were real threats at that time.
The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to grant territories to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland and to give up all of its colonies. It forced Germany to reduce its military forces to 100,000 men and allowed for the occupation of the Rhineland by the Allied forces. Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for initiating World War I. France demanded huge reparation payments. The defeated powers felt the Treaty was unfair and soon violated the military and financial conditions. When Hitler came into power, he promised to take back the German territories and to demilitarize the Rhineland. The promise of becoming a world power again made the people support him. On September 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland. France and Britain declared war on Germany two days later. This was the beginning of World War II.