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On January 8, 1950, Fidel Castro began his revolution in Cuba. -
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in January of 1961, America broke off trade relations with Cuba because of its new regime.
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In 1960, Black people would go into places to eat or drink that were only for whites, and they would sit there, until they finally served them. -
In 1961 John F. Kennedy became president, and he remained in office until his assassination in 1963.
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People would sit purposefully in inter-racial patterns on busses, to test a Supreme Court ruling. -
In 1961, an invasion force landed in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, and Fidel Castro's military defeated them terribly. -
James Meredith was so hated when he attended the University of Mississippi, that he needed an escort. -
In 1963, after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson, the vice president assumed the office, and he served as president until 1969 -
In 1963, the civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed. -
In August of 1963, civil rights activists marched on Washington D.C., and Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson gained the authority to deploy troops in Vietnam with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. -
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in 1966, the Black Panthers were founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. This was a black activist group that promoted violence. -
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It was illegal in many states to marry interracially, but in 1967, it was finally permitted.
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On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. -
In 1969, Richard M. Nixon became president, and remained in office until 1974. -
This was the defining moment of the Space Race--America won the Space Race by this achievement. -
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The Pentagon Papers were papers that revealed the lies of the U.S. government about the Vietnam War. -
When Richard Nixon visited China, it was the first time a president had visited China since Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
When Richard Nixon visited China, it was the first time a president had visited China since Franklin d. Roosevelt. -
When several of Nixon's cabinet members tried to steal some sophisticated bugging equipment, Nixon tried to cover it up, and that is what technically got him out of office. -
Overall, this case promoted abortion and made it legal.
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The Paris Peace Accords officially ended America's involvement in the Vietnam War. -
In 1974, Richard Nixon's vice president took over the presidency, Gerald R. Ford. He remained in office until 1977. -
After all the intervention of America in Vietnam's political system, Vietnam finally got what it wanted: a communist government.