African Americans in the North lived in a strange state of ... particularly the right to vote. But the only people who benefited were white men. Blacks, Indians, and women were not included.

The North was also hit by economic depression, and enraged white people rioted against African Americans, who they accused of stealing their jobs. Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended ...

"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia ... Quinn and Hechinger plastered in white makeup throughout the film.