The Black Death is considered as the deadliest pandemic in history. There were four main forms of this plague namely: bubonic, pneumonic, septicemic and enteric plague. It wiped out around 200 million people from Europe and Asia. It was caused by yersinia pestits, a type of bacteria transmitted through flea bites or inhalation. One of the main reasons why the plague spread quickly was the terrible health condition of the city dwellers due to poverty and malnutrition. The great famine of 1315 struck many parts of Europe and it lasted for almost seven years. The famine ultimately weakened the immune system of the dwellers in the cities.
the first all black combat regiment was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment there's not a definitive answer on who the first African American soldier was.
The way that the spoils system affect politics during the gilded age is : it helped a political party gained supporters, and breaking the stalemate between democrats and republican.
Jim crow was not a real person but it was a phrase "Jim Crow" has often been attributed to "Jump Jim Crow<span>", a song-and-dance c</span>aricature<span> of blacks performed by white actor Thomas D.Rice</span><span> in b</span>lackface<span>, which first surfaced in 1832 and was used to satirize A</span>ndrew Jackson<span>'s populist policies</span>
