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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. by Joesph mcCarthyism
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The United States launched the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, in 1954. Nautilus could remain underwater for up to four months without resurfacing.
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The Geneva Confrence attempted to try to find a way to unify Korea. The Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China were participants throughout the whole conference.
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The Supreme Court declares state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional
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Albert Einstein was a scientist who is very well known. He even helped create the atomic bomb
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Emmit Till was murdered at the age of fourteen for flirting with a 21 yearold woman named Carolyn Bryant.
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Rosa Park also known as the first lady of the civil rights movement. She refused to give her seat up while on the bus
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The soviets launched sputnik and the space race officially began
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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Hawaii is the most recent U.S state that was admitted to the U.S.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower signed this that mainly was to make sure that no one was taking away their right to vote.
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is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. This tatic was used to disrupt the agricultural food system
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dies of an apparent overdose from acute barbiturate poisoning at 36. She was citied as a pop and cultural icon and a quintessential sex symbol of America.
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For thirteen days in October 1962 there a dangerous scare for the cold war
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The March on washington consisted of religous leaders and civil rights activists. The march was for jobs and freedom and over 200,000 to 300,000 people walked
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JFK was shot and assassinated during the presidential motorcade. He was the 35th President
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The boy band Beatles arrive in the U.S. Known as the british invasion
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Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
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The Hart-Celler Act abolished the national origins quota system that was American immigration policy since the 1920s
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US, USSR, and UK all sign an agreement not to test nuclear weapons in the atomsphere
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Martin Luther King is shot and killed outiside his hotelroom by James Earl Ray. he was a famous civil rights leader
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Neil Armsrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. Accompianied by edward collins
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Clive Campbell, also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born American DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City.
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Ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People's Republic of China and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979.
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Nixion was relected aganist george mcgovern
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Known as the ESA, it was formed to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend on.
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In time will dominate the home computer operating system market
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Elvis Presley was known as the king of Rock & Roll
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killing all 271 aboard and 2 on the ground, making it the deadliest aviation incident on U.S. soil
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The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s.
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Beginning with President Ronald Reagan, he solidified conservative Republican strength with tax cuts, greatly increased the US military budget, deregulation, a policy of rolling back Communism, and appeals to family values and conservative Christian morality.
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becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos.
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We are the world is song that was created by many celebrities for USA for Africa
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Provides important factor in the United States government's overall policy in the Middle East, and Congress has placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship.
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The 22nd amendment limits the Presidential term. It says that no person may be elected President for more then 2 terms. As recently as WWII President Roosevelt served 4 consecutive terms.
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43rd President of the United States by Florida officials