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German forces in Italy, North West Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Bavaria, Berlin, etc. surreder after Hitler's death. Europe is victorious.
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Brown wanted school segeregation banned. Brown won.
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Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her seat in the black section for a white man who had no seat in the white section. She was then arrested.
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A political & social protest in which African Americans refused to ride the bus. The protest began on the day of Rosa Parks' arrest.
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A group of African Americans enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in which the students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school. The students were followed by mobs & mocked.
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The Sputnik program was a robotic spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union. The launch demonstrated the usage of artificial satellites.
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The U-2 spyplane was a plane that was supposed to fly into Pakistan. While in flight, the plane was detend by the Soviet Union. The plane planned to land.
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This was an unsuccessful force of Cuban exiles to invae Cuba to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro.
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The Soviet Union started building missiles and threatening to bomb the US. Kennedy agreed with the Soviet Union to remove all the missiles.
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Martin Luther King Jr wrote this letter while in jail for protesting segregation. The letter was about the social injustices that existed in the economy.
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The march began at the Washington Monument & ended at the Lincoln Memorial. Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream Speech" was presented at this march. The march was for jobs & freedom.
