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end of WWII
ended the Great Depression and usherd in decade of economic growth -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black gov't called upon the community to refuse to ride the buses as way to express their opposition to Park's arrest -
Brown vs Board of Education
challenge to segregate public education at all grade levels. -
Rosa Parks Incident
arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger -
Little Rock Nine Incident
the little rock school board had established a plan to desegregate its school being with Central High School . -
Sputnik
Sattelite launched into space oct 4th 1957 to see how earth was from outer space -
U-2 incident
Nuclear attack against the Soviet union -
Bay of Pigs Invasioln
A CIA- led force of Cuba exiles attacked Cuba. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
Kennedy's efforts to contain communism were severely threatened. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A campaign of nonviolent portest against segregation and discrimination in Birmingham Alabama. -
March on Washington
Major civil rights groups gather in washington for MLK Jr's speech at Lincoln Memorial.
