1955-1997

By 18osborg
  • 1955- Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery bus boycott.

    1955- Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery bus boycott.

  • 1956- Eisenhower is re-elected as president.

    1956- Eisenhower is re-elected as president.

  • 1957- Civil Rights Act creating equal voting rights for everybody.

    1957- Civil Rights Act creating equal voting rights for everybody.

  • 1958- National Defense Education Act

    1958- National Defense Education Act

  • 1959- Alaska and Hawaii become United States' states.

    1959- Alaska and Hawaii become United States' states.

  • 1960- President John F. Kennedy was elected

    1960- President John F. Kennedy was elected

  • 1961- U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

    1961- U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

  • 1961- Trade embargo is but on Cuba.

    1961- Trade embargo is but on Cuba.

  • 1961- Vietnam War begins.

    1961- Vietnam War begins.

  • 1964- 24th Amendment prohibiting congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections.

    1964- 24th Amendment prohibiting congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections.

  • 1965- Immigration Act and Medicare and Medicad.

    1965- Immigration Act and Medicare and Medicad.

  • 1968- President Kennedy was assassinated.

    1968- President Kennedy was assassinated.

  • 1968- Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

    1968- Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

  • 1969- U.S. bombs North Vietnamese.

    1969- U.S. bombs North Vietnamese.

  • 1972- 5 Men are caught breaking into the Watergate Complex.

    1972- 5 Men are caught breaking into the Watergate Complex.

  • 1973- Nixon resigns. Gerald Ford was the new president.