1955-1975

By BrickFosnight
  • America Joins the Vietnam War

    America Joins the Vietnam War

    The United States entered the Vietnam war to halt the spread of communism. They had been providing funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam's government since 1954.
  • 23rd Amendment Is Passed

    23rd Amendment Is Passed

    This amendment allowed residents of the District of Columbia to vote for President and Vice President.
  • 35th Presidential Election

    35th Presidential Election

    John F. Kennedy served as President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense 13-day political and military standoff over the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, which is just 90 miles from American shores.
  • First Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson

    First Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson

    Following the assassination of President Kennedy, Johnson was inaugurated as President of the United States on Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas. This was the eighth nonscheduled inauguration to ever take place.
  • 24th Amendment Is Ratified

    24th Amendment Is Ratified

    Passed by Congress on August 27, 1962, the 24th Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1964. This amendment outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections.
  • First Person on the Moon

    First Person on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong became the first person on the moon on July 20, 1969. They landed on the moon in the Lunar Module.
  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade

    This was a legal case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional.