2nd test By ellie.bynam Period: 1942 to 1950 baby boom 1944 GI Bill of Rights Feb 12, 1947 containment Mar 12, 1947 truman doctrine Dec 1, 1947 HUAC hearings Period: 1949 to 1954 McCarthyism On December 2, 1954, the United States Senate voted 67 to 22 to condemn McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". 1954 moderate Republicans Period: Mar 13, 1954 to May 7, 1954 Dien Bien Phu May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery bus boycott Jun 26, 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act Jan 11, 1957 SCLC Period: 1960 to 1972 counterculture Apr 15, 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Founding Mar 31, 1962 United Farm Workers Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 29, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 7, 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1965 Great Society Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Sep 24, 1965 affirmative action 1966 Black Power movement Jan 30, 1968 Tet offensive Jun 28, 1969 Stonewall uprising Nov 3, 1969 silent majority address by Nixon Period: Jun 17, 1972 to Aug 9, 1974 Watergate Jan 22, 1973 Roe v Wade Period: 1985 to 1991 perestroika + glasnost Period: Aug 20, 1985 to Mar 4, 1987 Iran-Contra Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991 Desert Storm