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A contribution to our foreign policy by - you guessed it - Roosevelt.
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This Supreme Court case is the beginning of a shift from conservative Christian to modern points of view in the public.
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The 30th president enters his term with no idea that he’ll be blamed for the Great Depression.
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10 years of partying leads to a lot more of suffering. Like a decade long hangover.
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Distantly related to Teddy Roosevelt, FDR is like the grandpa of American presidents.
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FDR becomes everybody’s grandpa, hosting a radio program to help Americans feel safe and informed.
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What kind of lunatic would want to be Cleopatra over Eleanor Roosevelt?
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Rosie would become iconic, especially in the feminist movement.
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America goes on the defense after nuking Japan, trying to avoid planetary destruction as the rest of the world caught up with them.
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In this landmark case, segregation is re-evaluated and deemed unconstitutional.
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African-Americans start riding the busses again after protesting unfair treatment for over a year.
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One of the most famous presidents follows one of the least.
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During his re-election campaign, incumbent president John F. Kennedy is shot in his convertible.
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Betty Friedan’s book made the point that not all women want to do the same things. Shocker.
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A very gross man uses firehoses to slam innocent, peaceful black protesters into brick walls.
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It advanced civil rights, but I couldn’t tell you when it was passed.
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This Supreme Court victory helped women gain contraceptive rights.
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The leader of the Black Power movement is murdered.
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The National Organization of Women was founded to help women have a political voice.
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What tapes?
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Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered after years of successful civil rights work.
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A musical festival with an audience of 400,000 hippies. Yikes.
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It’s the first draft in 25 years - all for a war that wasn’t even technically a war.
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Affirmative action is put into place in the workforce.
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If you’re looking for evidence that arming teachers or putting guards at school isn’t going to help gun violence, this is a perfect example.
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The Equal Rights Amendment is drafted but not passed, and a resurgent attempt is going on in 2018.
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This mandate ended discriminations based on gender in places like college admissions and sports.
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Another landmark Supreme Court case, this made abortions legal in the US.
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After months of scandal, President Nixon resigns before his impeachment trial can be held.
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Another actor becomes president and marks a conservative shift in US politics for a few terms.
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O’Connor served for 25 years on the Supreme Court after being appointed by Ronald Reagan.
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She didn’t win, but she made history as the first woman to run from a major party.
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The Berlin Wall comes down and relations between the US and Russia are (mostly) restored.
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One of the more controversial presidents on this list is this one. -Perd Hapley
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President Bill Clinton is impeached, largely due to his deceit regarding an extramarital affair.
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The terrorist attack is America’s first major exposure to Al Qaeda, an extremist Muslim gang.
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Like him or not, he’s the first black man to become our president and that’s pretty cool.
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Though her campaign is highly contested by the GOP, Clinton wins the popular vote and makes history as the first woman to run for the job.
