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Birth of Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was born in a small village in central Vietnam. He joined the Communist party after President Wilson declined to meet with him at the Paris Peace Conference. http://content.answcdn.com/main/content/img/getty/6/7/3239967.jpg -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment passed in 1920, gives women the right to vote. This was a big step forward for women to gain rights. http://helloladies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/votes_for_women.jpg -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB. Played for the Dodgers and was often discriminated against by players and fans. http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/jackie-robinson-01.jpg -
Desegregation of Armed Forces
The armed forces were desegregated, all members were allowed to train and fight along side each other. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/72-3952.jpg -
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France is Defeated
France mad their last stand in Vietnam in a calley called Dien Bien Phu. About 40,000 Viatnamese troops surrounded 15,000 French troops. They were hoping for the US to come and sae them, but it never came so they had to surrender. http://calitreview.com/images/dien_bien_phu.jpg -
Brown vs. Board of Education Decision
The Brown vs Board of Education was a supreme court case with one side saying seperate is not epual within the public school system, the other saying it was. On May 17th 1954, chief justice Earl Warren read the courts unanimous decision saying seperate is not equal. This made all public schools be integrated, but they gave no time table, so it was procrastinated in many schools as long as possible. http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-
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Little Rock Crisis
9 African American students tried to march into a high school. The governor, Orval Faubus brought in the national guard to try to stop them. President Eisenhower had to bring in U.S. soldiers to protect the students. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/101st_Airborne_at_Little_Rock_Central_High.jpg/333px-101st_Airborne_at_Little_Rock_Central_High.jpg -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba. Many Cubans flee the country to come here. 78,000 had left by 1962. http://www.nndb.com/people/118/000023049/fidel-castro-sm.jpg -
Greensboro Sit-in
4 college students ordered coffee, and sat at the bench meant just for whites. The students were arrested, and it sparked a bunch more sit-ins around the country. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/misc/2009/counter-sit-in.jpeg -
Election of 1960
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Botched Airstrike Against Cuba
On April 15th 1961, unmarked US bombers flew from Nicaragua to Cuba to attack the air force base in Cuba. This mission was a massive failure. They didn't destroy the base, and one of the bombers had to land at Key West, Florida, which exposed US involvemet. http://guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-shot-2013-01-31-at-6.34.04-AM-650x456.png -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
After a botched airstrike attack on Cuba by the exiles, it was exposed that the US was a part of it. The US had no way to deny it, so on April 17th 1961, they along with Cuban exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. http://schoolworkhelper.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bay_of_pigs-1.jpg -
Freedom Rides
13 volunteers left Washington DC by bus. They were to ride all through the south spreading ideas of freedom and integrating the bus system. They were yelled at and mobbed on many different occasions. http://mdah.state.ms.us/freedom/images/dc_crop.jpg -
John Glenn Orbits Earth
On Februrary 20th 1962, NASA launched the Mercury capsule Frienship 7. The mission was to send a man into orbit and return him safely. John Glenn became an American hero. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html
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24th Amendment
The 24th amendment outlawed the states from taxing their citizens to vote. They would do this to try to discourage African Americans from voting. http://z2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Poll-tax-protesters-1990-006.jpg -
Kennedy Assassination
President Kennedy was campaigning for the upcoming election in Texas. He was riding in an open car when a sniper shot and hit Kennedy in the head. Within hours vice president Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tiH_H_Rw-5c/Th1e5My-r3I/AAAAAAAABec/3ng0KweFPt8/s640/car.jpg -
Freedom Summer
Freedom summer was an idea for college students to go spend a summer in Mississippi to register African Americans to vote. The whole idea was somewhat successful, but in some ways it wasn't. http://urbanhabitat.org/files/images/G21140Phttpwww.newseum.orgmississippi.jpg -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Signed into law by Johnson on July 2nd 1964. This banned discriminationin employment and in public accommodations. http://colorlines.com/archival_images/mlk-civilrightsact.jpg -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Enabled president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States. Johnson and his advisors had authority to expand the war. http://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/52d19d255c.gif -
Passage of the Economic Oppurtunity Act
The Economic Oppurtunity Act was the first step in Johnson's War on Poverty campaign. The Economic Oppurtunity Act led to the creation of the Peace Corps, and Volunteers in Service to America. http://www.iacaanet.org/imgs/EOA_signing.jpg -
Jack Weinberg Incedent
Former student of the University of California at Berkeley, Jack Weinberg, set up a table in the banned area to collect donations for CORE, a civil rights group. He was arrested. Hundreds of protestors got around the cop car so they couldn't leave. http://jewishcurrents.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/csp_savio-rally_hyjc1.jpg -
Free Speech Movement
Sparked by the many incidents including that at Berkely, the Free Speech Movement, was the whole idea of giving freedom of speech on college campuses which had been delcined for years. This was a big deal for all college kids, with protests and marches to get there way. Eventually the faculty started to support the movement too, and it did eventually get passed. http://studentantiwar.blogs.brynmawr.edu/files/1970/01/savio.jpg -
President Johnson Wins 1964 Election
Lyndon Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater. Johnson took 486 electoral votes as opposed to Goldwater's 52. http://www.rampartsofcivilization.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lyndon_B_Johnson.jpg -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was the first major direct US activity in Vietnam. A bombing campaign to weaken the enemy's ability and will to fight. http://www.secretvietnamwar.com/jets/B66RTX.JPG -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provided aid to school systems based on number of students from low income homes. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=809&q=operation+rolling+thunder&oq=operation+rolling+thunder&gs_l=img.3...1048.6479.0.6670.29.23.0.0.0.0.461.1994.1j1j2j1j2.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.img.If5CV8oEM70&safe=active#safe=active&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=elementary+and+secondary+education+act&oq=elementary+and+secondary+ed&gs_l=img.1.0.0l3j0i5j0i24l6.3416.14916.0.16538.59.3 -
Crusade for Justice
Rodolfo Gonzalez founds the Crusade for Justice. The group was to promote Mexican American nationalism. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=809&q=operation+rolling+thunder&oq=operation+rolling+thunder&gs_l=img.3...1048.6479.0.6670.29.23.0.0.0.0.461.1994.1j1j2j1j2.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.img.If5CV8oEM70&safe=active#safe=active&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mexican+american+nationalism&oq=mexican+american+nationalism&gs_l=img.3...26081.31518.6.31771.28 -
SNCC Replacement
In May of 1966 Stokely Carmichael replaces moderate John Lewis as head of SNCC. Carmichael abandones the idea of nonviolent protesting. http://blackactivism.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/stokely-carmichael.jpg -
Black Panther Party
In October 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale start the Black Panther Party. The idea of black power appealed to many young African Americans, and compelled them to join the Black Panthers. The Black Panthers rejected the idea of nonviolent protesting and called for a violent revolution as a means of African American liberation. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Black-Panther-Party-armed-guards-in-street-shotguns.jpg/220px-Black-Panther-Party-armed-guards-in-street-shotguns.j -
MAYO Formed
A group of college students from San Antonio found a group called the Mexican American Youth Organization. MAYO wanted to achieve economic independence for Mexican Americans, to gain local control over the education of Hispanic children, and to achieve power for the Latinos through the creation of a third political party. http://latinola.com/storyphoto/11345-tumblr_mazcvdHWSg1rrl8lpo1_500.jpg -
Summer of Love
The hippie culture came to a peak in the summer of 1967, called the summer of love. The hippie culture consisted of finding yourself in different ways, it was very common to go against anything mainstream. Acid, LSD, and marajuana were also very popular among people who shared these views. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lsd-drugs-summer-of-love-sixties/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_contai/cn_image.size.summer-of-love.jpg -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown case became the Supreme Court's first African American justice. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg/220px-Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg -
The Tet Offensive
January 30th 1968 was the start of the Tet Offensive which was a series of massive coordinated attacks throughout Vietnam. The Tet Offensive was a turnig point of the war make 1968 a pivotal year. http://vietnamhistoryswogger.wikispaces.com/file/view/tet2.jpg/181610695/463x328/tet2.jpg -
My Lai Massacre
US troops, under orders of William Calley, entered the village of My Lai to look for Vietcong fighters. The US troops killed 450 innocent people. This event was covered up very quickly and not many knew about it, but Calley was charged with the murders in September 1969. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/11/12/1352680617774/mylaid_460x276.jpg -
King Assassination
King was leading a march in Memphis to proteset discrimination in the workplace of sanitation workers. King was to arrive on March 28th to march. He would then speak there on April 3rd, the next day he was killed by a white sniper. Riots erupted around America leading to 21,000 arrests. http://onceuponanegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/king_casket1.jpg -
Fair Housing Act
The law banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. http://westbankliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/eqhouseop.gif -
Peace Talks
In May of 1968, delegates of North Vietnam and the US met in Paris. They started immediately talking about all the issues they were facing. The US wanted all NVA troops out of South Vietnam, but North Vietnam would not accept a temporary South Vienam government which included a US backed president. http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/05/21/Style/Advance/Images/1973-hist-31.jpg -
Poor People's Campaign
King believed that African Americans were still restricted due to lack of money, and decided to attempt to help with that which sparked this whole idea. Then it expanded to help all proo people rather than just blacks. Because of the assassination, Ralph Abernathy had to lead the effort. The march at the capital was a complete bust. http://griid.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/poor-peoples-campaign.jpg -
Public Opinion Shifts
Many people were in support of the war to start out. But in the later half of 1968, many were questioning it because of the fact that 16,000 Americans had already been killed. http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/media/1968_Protests.jpg -
Election of 1968
It was a very close race with only 510,000 votes seperating the 2 of 73 million casted. Nixon recieved 43.3% of the vote with Humphrey recieving 42.7%. http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1968PresElect.jpg -
Bombing in Cambodia
In early 1969, Nixon ordered a bombing of Laos and Cambodia. He knew the American people did not want it, so he didn't tell thme. This is all after he had begun slowly pulling our troops out of Vietnam. http://www.crimemagazine.com/images/Bombing_of_Cambodia.jpg -
Kent State University Incedent
Antiwar demonstrations set fire to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building. On May 4th students protesting started throwing rocks, and some troops started shooting into the crowd. 4 students in total were killed and 9 injured. http://www.kentstate1970.org//images/sitecontent/rotator/54135.jpg -
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
This act gave over 44 million acres of land to Alaska natives. It also provided $962.5 million to settle other land claims by Alaskan natives. http://davalaska.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/alaska_natives_dot.jpg -
US Forces
More than 2.5 million Americans served in Vietnam by the end of the war. Many were drafted into the war. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9M9yKRI9XVw/TEtIFiYiVYI/AAAAAAAABFQ/ow4BToYvfq4/s1600/dmr_vietnam.jpg -
Indian Child Welfare Act
Tis act set standards for adoptions of Native American children, giving prefernces to relatives, members of the tirbe, and Native American foster parents over white families. http://austingardner.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/unidentified-native-american-children.jpg -
Equal Rights Amendment Fails
The Equal Rights Amendment would promise equal rights for men and women in all spheres. This was almost certainly going to be ratified by th 38 states it needed, but it fell 3 states short and died at the end of 1982. http://images.virtualology.com/images/5142.jpg
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