1960/1970s

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    The Bay of Pigs was an invasion by Trained Cubans that had fled from Fidel Castro when he over threw the Cuban governemnt. This would result badly for the American. They would surrender after less than 24 hours of fighting.
  • John F. Kennedy elected president

    John F. Kennedy elected president
    John. F. Kennedy would be Republican Richard Nixon. He would become the youngest pman ever to become president.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The cuban Missile was a 13 day long political stand between cuba and America. This was caused when Cuba insalled soviet nuclear-armed missiles. John. F. Kennedy adressed TV on October 22, 1962.
  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Assassinated
    John. F. Kennedy would be assassinated on his 10-mile motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. He fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building.
  • The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time

    The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time
    The Beatles would debute in the U.S. live on The Ed Sullivan Show in front of an estimated 73 million Americans.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed
    Congress overwhelming approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose communist aggression”in Southeast Asia. This would be beginning of the role for the United States in the Cold War.
  • Watergate Affair

    Watergate Affair
    The watergate Affair is 5 men attemt to burligate the Watergate office and all the money came back to President Nixion.
  • Jimmy Carter elected president

    Jimmy Carter elected president
    Jimm Carter would win the 1976 election. He would bead Gerald Ford
  • Ronald Reagan elected president

    Ronald Reagan elected president
    Ronald Reagan would be elected president in 1881. He would defeat Jimmy Carter
  • Election of 1968

    Election of 1968
    These there men would run for president; Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphry, George Wallace. Richard Nixon would win this eleection.