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The Yalta Conference divided up Germany into 4 equal sections between France, the United States, Russia, and Poland. It was the beginning of the Cold War.
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Stalin had his hostile speech. The speech said that communism and capitalism were not compatible and the world would never be fully peaceful with them both.
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Any state laws mandating
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Churchill had his Iron Curtain speech. He said that an iron curtain had descended over Europe dividing it into communism and capitalism
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This gained strength in the group and started a more radical movement.
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It made it so that bigger, more stable countries had the obligation to help out developing countries. It was supposed to help countries combating disease, poverty, and malnutrition.
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The Berlin Blockade was formed. It lasted 11 months. The Soviet Union had blocked all transportation and access to Berlin by the Allied powers.
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Russia tested its first atomic bomb. This was important because it showed to the U.S. that they better start moving faster to find the technology so they can stay a superpower
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Mao Zedong comes to power in China. He turned it into the People’s Republic of China since he was a communist leader.
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The United States gave France $15 million to help stop the spread of communism and to help France win the war in Indochina.
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President Truman approved the Hydrogen Bomb project. He wanted to do whatever was needed to stay a world power.
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The Nuclear Arms Race tests 11 atomic bombs at a test site in Nevada. It showed that the U.S. was catching up to Russia.
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The 17th parallel line is drawn between north and South Vietnam. North in communist and south in democratic. Eventually the country is going to be unified once more.
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Eisenhower sates that the Domino Theory has to be used in regards to Asia. He says that if one country falls to communism then they all will fall.
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Abolished the “separate but equal” notion. 12 million children in 21 states were impacted by the decision to outlaw segregation.
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Diem rejects the decision at the Geneva conference and does not hold free elections to become president. Either way, the United States supports him.
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Black boy murdered for flirting/whistling at a white woman. Men who murdered him were ruled guilty but challenged southern racism to northerners
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African Americans boycotted the bus system for over a year because of the seat segregation. Rosa Parks was the face of the movement.
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September 4, 1956: Russia sent military aid to Afghanistan. This caused the U.S. to become worried that yet another country would fall to communism.
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Rebellion put down in communist Hungary. This showed that the U.S. was becoming successful in stopping the spread of communism.
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The Suez Canal Crisis began. Israel attacked Egypt to take control of the canal, Egypt still took control though.
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9 African American teenagers were placed into Little Rock High school to try to desegregate the rest of schools
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Meant to increase the number of colored voters. Tried to even the playing field between African American and white voters.
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Sputnik was launched into orbit. This was the first satellite to go into space and caused the United States to put more attention on space research.
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Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Cuba became a communist country and was a shock to the United States because Cuba was so close to them.
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They opposed Diem being president and opposed the United States interference.
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Non violent resistance of blacks in sitting areas once segregated. Later the court system ruled against any form of segregation in public areas.
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Freedom riders develop symbol and saying “Black Power.” This motivated and inspired many African Americas quickly becoming the symbol of the movement.
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Blacks and whites rode buses through South to move Movement into the deep south and raise awareness for civil rights cause.
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The United States trained the Cuban Americans to invade Cuba. The invasion goes terribly wrong and the United States has to retreat. The United States did not want ties to the assassination of Castro.
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Senator Mike Mansfield says that Diem had wasted $2 billion that the U.S. had spent there. The United was just losing money and not accomplishing anything there.
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250,000 whites walked to D.C. for equality. Martin Luther king was the face of the movement and this was one of the most pivotal, famous displays in the south.
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This meant that Lyndon B Johnson would become president. LBJ was more involved on the home front and was not prepared to fight in Vietnam
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Children marched through the streets protesting for their equal rights. Police officers beat them and sprayed them with fire hoses in retaliation.
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Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, gender, etc. This is what many of the African Americans were ultimately working toward.
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North Vietnam boats fired at a U.S. destroyer in international waters. It happened right after the U.S. and South Vietnam had finished secret naval operations
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Congress decided that the U.S. had to do whatever was possible to overtake Vietnam and to stop any further aggression
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Outlawed discriminatory practices in voting such as poll taxes and denying the right for an African American to vote because of his/ her race.
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The U.S. wanted to stop movement through the Mugia Pass since it was a main route through Laos and South Vietnam.
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The ground tunnels are found all around Vietnam by an attack that was meant for Saigon.
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Communist forces took over hundreds of cities in South Vietnam including Saigon. U.S. forces took back every city but it was still seen as a loss by the public.
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The United States and South Vietnam try to take back all the area seized by the communists.
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He wanted to destroy all communist trade routes in Cambodia. Nixon did this without the permission from Congress or with the American people knowing.
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America activated the draft. It was lottery based but a lot more young men went then older men.
