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End of WWII
The Allied powers finally defeated the Axis powers. -
Brown v. Board of Education Desicion
A court case in which and eight year old girl was not allowed to attend public school. The court ruled from this that segregation is illegal. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Rosa Parks was riding the bus one day and a white passenger got on. The white passenger told the bus driver that there were no more seats in the white section. The bus driver then asks Rosa to move seats because she was sitting in the front of the black section. She refused. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott of buses by blacks and few white to protest segregation and support Rosa Parks. -
Little Rock 9 Incident
A group of African American students who were being put in an all white school. -
Sputnik Launch
The first satelite in outerspace. It was launched by the Russians and terrified the U.S. -
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
A U.S. spy plane was shot down while spying in Soviet Russia. Tensions between the two nations increased. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union due to the Soviet Missile stockpiling in Cuba. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
a failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S. to overthrow Castro. It was led by the CIA and Cuban exiles. -
MLK's letter from Birmingham jail
A letter from Martian Luther King Jr. who wrote of how all men should have equal rights. He was arrested for breaking probation in order to join a nonviolent protest. -
March on Washington
A huge rally in which more than 200,000 people went to Washington to protest economic equality and civil rights.
