Timeline: chapters 18-22 US history | Timetoast

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May 30, 1896

Plessy vs. Ferguson

ch.18
May 30, 1954

supreme court rules segregation unconstitutional

ch. 18
May 30, 1957

Desegregation of Central High - Little Rock

ch.18
May 3, 1960

Greensboro Sit-ins

Ch. 18
May 3, 1961

Berlin Wall is built

Ch. 19
May 30, 1961

Peace Corps. Est.

ch.19
May 30, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

ch.19
May 30, 1963

JFK Assassionated

ch.19
May 30, 1963

US Involvment in South Vietnam Increases

ch.20
May 30, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

ch.20
May 30, 1964

Silent Spring is published, a environmental book

chp 21
May 30, 1964

beatles visit U.S

chp 21
May 3, 1965

Riots Break out in Watts section of L.A.

Ch. 18
May 30, 1965

Immigration and Nationality Act

ch.19
May 30, 1965

Operation Rolling Thunder

ch.20
May 3, 1966

Miranda v. Arizona protects rights of the accused

Ch. 19
May 30, 1966

United Farm Workers Union Formed

ch.21
May 30, 1968

MLK Jr. assassionated

ch.18
May 30, 1968

Tet Offensive

ch.20
May 30, 1968

Kent state shooting

chp 20
May 30, 1969

Woodstock Festival Celebrates the Counter-Culture

ch.21
May 30, 1970

Clean Air Act Becomes a Law

chp 22
May 3, 1972

Nixon Visits China

Ch. 20
May 3, 1973

Paris Peace Accords

Ch. 20
May 30, 1973

Supreme Court legalizes abortion
May 30, 1973

OPEC oil embargo make gas prices soar

chp 22
May 30, 1974

Nixion Resigns

chp 22
May 30, 1975

South Vietman falls to NVA

chp 22
May 30, 1979

Nuclear Disaster @ 3mile Island

ch.21
May 30, 1979

U.S Embassy is Taken in Teharn

chp 22