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End of WW2
The Allie forces won. Soviet Union and United States were look as super powers. -
Sputnik Launched
First satalite launched by Soviet Union to orbit the Earth. -
Rosas Parks Incident
Refused to give her seat to white person on a bus and was arrested. She was sitting in the very front of black section. -
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Montgomery Bus Bpycott
Blacks non-violent protest against sections on busing. They refused to ride the city buses. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Little girl was not allowed to enter a school because of her race. -
Little Rock Incident
Bused nine black students to an all white school to break the segregation. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
When US tried to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
U-2 Incident
US spy plane was shot down over Cuba. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets placed missiles in Cuba and threatened to fire them at US. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr's letter to other baptist preachers about civil rights movements. -
March on Washington
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial. Largest civil rights gathering.