1955-1975 By facebooker_173697597679466 1955 Federal Aid Highway Act Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 1956 Social Security Act Amendment 1956 Brown v Board of Education 1956 Plessy v Ferguson 1956 Southern Manifesto 1956 Suez Crisis 1956 Dwight D Eisenhower elected President 1957 Civil Rights Act 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine Oct 4, 1957 Soviets Launched Sputnik Oct 4, 1957 United States launched Sputnik 1958 United States launched Satellite (Explorer 1) 1959 Soviets launched Luna 2 1960 Civil Rights Act 1960 John F. Kennedy elected President May 5, 1960 Soviets shot down American Spy plane 1961 Interstate Commerce Commission 1961 Wars of national liberation (Part of the Bay of Pigs Invasion) Jan 3, 1961 Suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall first built of barbed wire 1962 Berlin Wall second fence built 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Apr 12, 1963 Martin Luther King arrested Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated Nov 22, 1963 Johnson sworn in as President 1964 Revenue Act 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 Andrew Johnson elected President 1964 Economic Opportunity Act 1964 Mississippi voter registration project 1965 Housing and Development Act 1965 Voting Rights Act 1966 Highway Safety Act 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) 1967 Israel won 6 days of War 1968 Richard Nixon elected President 1969 Alexander v Holmes County Board of Education Court Case Jul 16, 1969 Man walked on the moon Period: Aug 15, 1969 to Aug 18, 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair Bethel, New York 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act 1971 Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971 26th Amendment ratified 1971 Federal Election Campaign Act 1972 Richard Nixon re-elected President 1973 Roe v Wade Court Case 1973 Peace agreement Jun 24, 1974 US v Richard M Nixon court case Aug 9, 1974 Nixon resigned from office Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Ford became President after Nixon resigned 1975 Berlin Wall finally built of concrete