1955-1975

  • $1.00 Minimum Wage

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

  • Interstate Highway System Signed

  • Sputnik

  • JFK Wins Election

    John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest elected president. Eisenhower is disappointed by Kennedy's defeat of his former running mate Richard Nixon in a close election.
  • Bay Of Pigs

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

  • Watergate Scandal