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Fidel Catro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as Fidel Castro, is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as its Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as its President from 1976 to 2008. He had 12 siblings, nine childern and was marrid twice. First to Mirta Diaz-Balart then later on to Dalia Soto del Valle. -
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Cold War Timeline
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Iron Curtian Speech
In one of the most famous orations of the Cold War period, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union's policies in Europe and declares, "An iron curtain has descended across the continent." Note: The expression Iron Curtain was coined by Winston Churchill, who was prime minister of Britain in World War II. Churchill first used the term soon after the war, when the Soviet Union was beginning to carry out its plans for postwar dominance of eastern Europe. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of ‘restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.’ The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 19 -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was in response to the Soviet's blockading land routes into West Berlin. The US started by dropping a massive amount of food, water, and medicine to the people. It lasted for almost a year. -
Beatnik
Is a young person in the 1950s and 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the best generation. -
38th Parellel
Name given to latitude 38 degree North that formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean war. -
Nikita Khrushchev
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He wanted to live peacfully with the west but he started the cuban missile crisis by putting nukes in cuba, 90 miles from florida. He was married twice and had 6 kids. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
They were a married couple convicted of espionage in 1951. Julius was first arrested in July of 1950 and Ethel was arrested in August. People thought that they were the head of a spy ring passing secrets to the Soviet Union about Atomic Bombs. On April 5, 1951 a judge sentenced them to death. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Is acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. This case declared state laws that sedregated school are unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
She was a african american civil rights activist. Congress called her the first lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom movement. She refused to give her seat up on a bus to a white person and started the montgomery bus boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The montgomery bus boycott was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. It was a 13 month protest which ended with the supreme court saying that it was unconstituional for busses to be segregated. This sparked a chain reaction of similar boycotts all throughout the south. -
Elvis Presley
Was a american actor and musician. Remembered as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. Started to become really famous when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on September 9th, 1956. Also known as the King of Rock and Roll. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
On September 9,1957 president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the civil rights act of 1957 into law. It established the civil rights section of the justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Joe McCarthy
He was a Republican senator for WIsconsin from 1947 to 1957. He spent 5 years trying to expose communists and other left-wing loyalty risks in the government -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Martin Luther King Jr
He was an american baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He started having a impact on race realations in the mid 50s. Played a key role in Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Got the Nobel Piece Prize in 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as "public accommodations"). -
Malcom X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist.He was born My 19, 1925 in Omaha, NE. He was married to Betty Shabazz and had six childern: Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, and Attallah Shabazz -
Nation of Islam
The followers of Fard became known as Black Muslims. When Fard mysteriously disappeared, Elijah Muhammad became the leader of the movement. The Nation of Islam attracted many followers, especially in prisons, where lost African Americans most looked for guidance.
