APUSH Domestic Side By rrabenstine Jun 22, 1944 G.I. Bill passed Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1962 BABY BOOM Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman's Presidency Mar 22, 1947 Truman enacts the creation of the Loyalty Review Board Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson is the first African American baseball player Jun 23, 1947 Taft Hartley Act Passed Nov 25, 1947 Blacklists are created Jul 26, 1948 Truman abolishes racial discrimination in the army Jan 5, 1949 Truman's Fair Deal Policy announced Jan 21, 1950 Alger HIss convicted of perjury Feb 9, 1950 McCarthy announces that he has a list of known communists in the State Department Sep 23, 1950 The McCarran Internal Security Act was passed Mar 6, 1951 Rosenberg Trials Begin Jul 16, 1951 Catcher in the Rye is published Jun 27, 1952 The McCarran-Walter Act Sep 23, 1952 Richard Nixon delivers the Checkers Speech to save himself from humiliation Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency Dec 1, 1953 Playboy's first issue Apr 1, 1954 McCarthy Investigates army for communists (Army-McCarthy hearings) May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that "seperate but equal" is unconstitutional Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Park refuses to give up her seat on Montgomery City bus Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycotts Jan 27, 1956 Elvis releases his first single "Heartbreak Hotel" Jan 10, 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded for nonviolence Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine goes to Central High Jul 29, 1958 NASA founded Jan 1, 1960 Students for a Democtatic Society founded Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins Apr 1, 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed for nonviolent immediate change Jul 15, 1960 Kennedy speaks of America entering the New Frontier Jan 20, 1961 Kennedy's speech "Ask not what your country can do for you- aks what you can do for your country" Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy's Presidency Mar 1, 1961 Peace Corps founded Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin goes to spacce May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides begin Jan 1, 1962 United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez founded Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn orbits the earth Sep 27, 1962 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson comes out warning about incesticides Jan 1, 1963 Feminine Mystique Published Aug 28, 1963 March On Washington (Civil Rights) Aug 28, 1963 MLK's "I have a dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assasinated Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency Nov 29, 1963 Warren Comission is formed to investigate Kennedy assasination Jan 1, 1964 VISTA created Jan 1, 1964 The Free Speech Movement begins Feb 7, 1964 Johnson Pushes through Kennedy's tax cut May 22, 1964 Johnson's Great Society Speech Jul 2, 1964 Civil Right's Act of 1964 Jan 1, 1965 Head Start Created Mar 25, 1965 MLK's march on Selma Jul 2, 1965 Equal Employment Opportunity Comission created Jul 30, 1965 Medicare signed by Johnson Jul 30, 1965 Medicaid signed by Johnson Aug 6, 1965 The Voting Rights of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots in LA for civil rightss Sep 9, 1965 THe Department of Housing and Urban Development formed Jun 30, 1966 National Organization for Women Founded Oct 15, 1966 Black Panther Party founded Apr 4, 1968 MLK assasination Jun 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy Assasination Jul 1, 1968 American Indian Movement founded Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 Richard M. Nixon's Presidency Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Music Festival May 4, 1970 Kent State University massacre May 8, 1970 Hard Hat Riot (workers march in New York city for the War) May 15, 1970 Jackson State University Killings Aug 15, 1971 Nixon Freezes prices and wages for economic stabilization Jun 16, 1972 Conspirators sneak into the Democratic National Committee headquarters Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal starts Jan 22, 1973 Roe Vs. Wade legalizes abortion Feb 27, 1973 Wounded Knee legal Battle started Oct 10, 1973 Vice President Spiro Agnew Resigns Aug 9, 1974 Nixon resigns Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Gerald R. Ford's Presidency Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter's Presidency Dec 1, 1977 COLD WINTER: ENERGY CRISIS Jan 1, 1978 Love Canal is discovered: Enviornmental issues mount. Nov 9, 1978 National Energy Act is passed Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan's Presidency Apr 12, 1981 The first Space Shuttle is launched Sep 21, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman Supreme Court Justice Jan 20, 1984 Reagan is re-elected Oct 22, 1986 Tax Reform Act of 1986 drops federal taxes down Oct 19, 1987 "Black Monday" (stocks fall nearly 20 percent on average)