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Republican candidate and a leader of the D-Day Invasion was elected as president in the 52' elections. During the elections, Eisenhower kept a promise to end the Korean War. Sources:
1952: The election of a military hero. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kennesaw.edu/pols/3380/pres/1952.html (1959, May 29). Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dwight_D._Eisenhower,_official_photo_portrait,_May_29,_1959.jpg -
After years of John McCarthy's accusations of Communists within the government, as well as, the general public, a series of sessions were held against McCarthy's accusations. Sources:
"have you no sense of decency?". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Have_you_no_sense_of_decency.htm McCarthy Cohn [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McCarthy_Cohn.jpg -
After months of struggling to keep control over Southern Vietnam, Democratic Dien Bien Phu fell to nationalist (soon to be communist) Ho Chi Minh of Northern Vietnam. Sources:
Vo Nguyen Giap with Vietminh [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.japanfocus.org/-Geoffrey-Gunn/3137 Dien bien phu & the fall of french indochina, 1954. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/DienBienPhu -
The Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling "separate but equal" as invalid. This led to desegregation in
the US. Sources: Dai, V. (2011, February 08). Brown v. board of education (1954). Retrieved from http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011/2011/02/08/brown-v-board-of-education-1954/ (2011, February 08). Brown v. Board of Education (1954) [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011/2011/02/08/brown-v-board-of-education-1954/ -
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, AL. This caused a major uproar and led to the Mongomery Bus Boycotts later that year. Sources: Rosa parks biography pioneer of civil rights. (2012, April 09). Retrieved from http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 (1955). Rosa Parks: Mug Shot [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/exhibits/montgomery-1955/
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In Atlanta, GA, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Charles Steele, and Fred Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize nonviolent protests against segregation in the South. Sources:
From whence we’ve come. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://sclcnational.org/from-whence-weve-come/ [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/southern-christian-leadership-conference-1957 -
Nine African American students from Little Rock, AR were escorted by military personel through their first day at an originally all white high school. Sources:
Cecil, L. (Photographer). (1957). Little Rock Nine and Daisy Bates posed in living room [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97516161/ Little rock school desegregation (1957). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_little_rock_school_desegregation_1957/ -
A group of Shaw University students emerged from the North Carolina Sit-In Movement to establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to protest Southern segregation. Sources:
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/ Student nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_student_nonviolent_coordinating_committee_sncc/ -
For the first time in US presidential history, the television showed great influence in the public vote as John F. Kennedy's charisma majorly contributed to his election. Sources:
Campaign of 1960. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Campaign-of-1960.aspx [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://blogs.baylor.edu/artsandsciences/files/2012/11/6456302_orig-1ng6o88.jpg -
In order to help second and third world countries, Kennedy established the Peace Corps to help the country develop and thrive. Sources:
The cold war and the peace corps. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Peace-Corps.aspx http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Peace-Corps.aspx [Print Photo]. -
After the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite in space, Kennedy proposed that a portion of the national budget be invested into a space program to catch up with the Soviets. Sources:
(1963, November 16). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/mh1-N-CII0-lFLnLLd4LaQ.aspx President kenned'ys challenge. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Space-Program.aspx -
Approximately 200,000 Americans, African and Caucasian Americans alike, joined in the March on Washington that held MLK's famous "I Have a Dream" speech as a major media event to promote racial equality. Sources:
The world hears of dr. king's "dream". (2011). Retrieved from http://www.core-online.org/History/washington_march.htm March on washington [Print Photo]. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:March_on_washington_Aug_28_1963.jpg -
After the assassination of JFK, vice president Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office and would become a war president known for his civil rights legislation. Sources:
Lbj: Biography the boyhood that shaped lbj. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/lbj-biography/ [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://thepatriotperspective.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/lbj.jpg -
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. It banned racial discrimination and established the EEOC. Sources:
Teaching with documents: The civil rights act of 1964 and the equal employment opportunity commission. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964 [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lyndon_Johnson_signing_Civil_Rights_Act,_July_2,_1964.jpg -
To continue pushing for racial equality, Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act to ensure equality for African Americans. Sources:
Teaching with documents: The civil rights act of 1964 and the equal employment opportunity commission. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://sdgln.com/commentary/2010/05/25/amending-civil-rights-act-1964-would-give-equality-all-americans -
Congress passed a joint resolution that gave the president power, as commander in chief, over the military. Sources:
[Print Drawing]. Retrieved from http://academics.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/Vietimages/Cartoons/vietscar.jpg This joint resolution of congress (h.j. res 1145) dated august 7, 1964, gave president lyndon johnson authority to increase u.s. involvement in the war between north and south vietnam.. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=98 -
In order to pursue Johnson's war on poverty, he implemented the act which promote health, education, and general welfare for the poor. Sources:
56e. lyndon johnson's "great society". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.asp [Print Photo]. Retrieved from 56e. lyndon johnson's "great society". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.asp -
African Americans develop into an outrage at the slow paced social changes for racial equality and join in violent protests in Los Angeles, CA. Sources: Wattsriots-burningbuildings-loc [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wattsriots-burningbuildings-loc.jpg Watts riots. (2011). Retrieved from http://crdl.usg.edu/events/watts_riots/ Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
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Since civil rights laws were not creating racial equality fast enough, Johnson issued an executive order that enforced affirmative action. Sources: History of executive order 11246. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/about/History_EO11246.htm Affirmative action [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://wiki.proquest.com/congressional/index.php?title=File:Affirmative_action.jpg Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded a militant black power group called the Black Panthers in Oakland, CA. Sources:
Black panther party: A black power alternative. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/timeline/unforgettable-change-1960s/black-panthers/info Wilson, L. (Photographer). (1968, July 15). Rally in front of the Alameda Court House protesting the trial of Huey Newton [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/pictures/rally-front-alameda-co -
The Supreme Court ruled the ban on interracial marriage unconsitutional, allowing African Americans and Caucasian Americans to marry. Sources:
Loving v. virginia (no. 395) . (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0388_0001_ZO.html L is for Loving Day [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.rogerogreen.com/2010/10/05/l-is-for-loving-day/ -
Viet Cong began a military campaign against the Southern Vietnamese and Americans despite promises to not attack during Tet New Years. Sources:
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://norbay.com/blog/01-29-2012/january-30-1968-tet-offensive-began Moïse, E. (1998, November 06). The tet offensive and its aftermath. Retrieved from http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/EdMoise/viet8.html -
After losing by a slim margin to Kennedy in the 1960 election, Nixon won the 1968 presidential election with his infamous peace sign. Sources:
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In a time when concern over the environment became an ever growing topic, Nixon established the EPA to contribute long-term conservation to the environment. Sources:
Epa history. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-history [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=899134 -
After involvement with the Korean and Vietnam war, Nixon called for an end to the draft and enforced an all-volunteer military. Sources:
Ending the draft: The dawn of the all-volunteer force. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://events.nixonfoundation.org/2011/12/08/the-creation-of-the-all-volunteer-force/ [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2008/April 2008/0408draft.aspx -
Secretary of State William Rogers and Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge signed the Paris Peace Accords which withheld the US involvement in Vietnamese affairs. Sources:
Movroydis, J. (2013, January 27). Forty years ago – paris peace accords. Retrieved from http://nixonfoundation.org/2013/01/forty-years-ago-paris-peace-accords/ Vietnam peace agreement signing [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vietnam_peace_agreement_signing.jpg -
Once Nixon resigned his presidency after the Watergate incident, Ford was sworn in for the presidency after a thorough background check as the first eagle scout president. Sources:
Gerald r. ford biography. (2012, April 02). Retrieved from http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/fordbiop.asp Gerald Ford [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gerald_Ford.jpg -
The last of the American troops left Vietnam and abandoned the Southern Vietnamese to fight for themselves for the duration of the war. Sources:
Saigon-hubert-van-es [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saigon-hubert-van-es.jpg This month in history: The fall of saigon. (2011, April 01). Retrieved from http://apanews.si.edu/2011/04/01/the-fall-of-saigon/ -
Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, a declaration to improve diplomatic relations between the Communist nations and the Western nations. Sources:
Helsinki accords: Declaration on human rights. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/245 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-009-13, Helsinki, KSZE-Konferenz [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1990-009-13,_Helsinki,_KSZE-Konferenz.jpg -
As a part of his domestic contributions, Ford passed the Education of All Handicapped Children Act to help give all children an education. Sources:
Education of all handicapped children act. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.scn.org/~bk269/94-142.html
