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plessy vs. ferguson
Supreme court said that segregation of public place according to their race is legal when both are equal. -
Soviet Union's First Atomic Bomb
Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb.
This led to the arms race. During the arms race, the US and the Soviet Union made more, better, and powerful weapons. -
McCarthism
McCarthy started the Army-McCarthy hearings. -
more things
After World War 2, people wanted more houses, roads, cars, etc. They also got more babies. -
Korean War
North korea invaded South Korea with help from the Soviet Union and China. South Korea got help from the UN. In 1953, both sides agreed to cease-fire. -
Eisenhower uses TV
Eisenhower became the first candidate to use TV commercials. -
Vietnam divided
Vietnam got devided to 2, just like Korea. -
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
Linda Brown started fighting laws that segregated schools. NAACP helped her. So in 1954, Supreme court ordered to end segregation in public schools. -
Cesar Chavez
To improve the lives of migrant workers, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and many other groups started a labor union, known as the United Farm Workers. The group worked to get betterwages and working conditions for farmworkers. -
Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving the seat to the white. That started the bus boycott, which led to the Supreme court decision that said no more segregation on all public transportation. -
Riot in Little Rock, Arkansas
in 1957, there was a riot in Little Rock, Arkansas about the Supreme court stopping the segregation, and Eisenhower needed 1000 soldiers to stop them. -
First Satelite
the Soviet Union launched the first satelite. -
US first satelite
The US launched the first satellite of the US, and a second one on the world. -
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration was made. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy became president
He started the Peace Corps and helped many developing countries. -
First (Russian) Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. He was sent by the Russians on the Vostok 1 space craft. He became the soviet hero and this advanced the Russians in the space race. -
First American in space
Soon after the russians sent a man in outer spaace, the United States sent Alan Shepard. He was on board a tiny mercury capsule by the name of Freedom 7. -
First American Earth orbiting man
John Glenn became the first American the orbit the Earth. -
The Cuban Missile crisis
US found out that the Soviet Union had built missile launchers in Cuba. This crisis lasted for 13 days until the Soviet Union agreed to take the missiles out from Cuba. -
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King started speeches to lead the non-segregation movement to the non-violent way. He got assassinated in 1967. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas. So Vice President Lyndon Johnson became the president. -
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Johnson started programs such as:
The Head Start: education for low-income preschoolers.
Medicaid: free health care for low-incomers
Medicare: health insurance for elderly. -
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT passed!!!
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT passed!!! Civil Rights Act said that all Americans have the right to use public places and services. It also said that employers cannot refuse to hire people because of their race, religion, national origin, or gender. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, who wanted fast change and complete separation between white people and the African -Americans, was assassinated. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon got elected by promising that he would end the Vietnam war. -
First moon landing
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expanding war
President Nixon expanded the war by attacking Laos and Cambodia. -
The war ends
The both countries agreed to ceace fire. -
North Vietnam takes over
After 2 years of cease fire, North Vietnam took over South Vietnam. -
working women
During the 1960s, women started having jobs , but they usually earned less money. But after when the Civil Rights Act was passed, women started having jobs that were one held only by men. In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first women appointed to the Supreme Court.