Cold War Timeline

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    Baby Boom

    A temporary marked increase in the birth rate along with wealth following World War II. (Economic + Social)
  • Beats

    Beats

    A group of young people that came of age in the 1950's and rejected the traditional society of 1950 ("Beats"). They spoke out against racism, war, and consumerism while they embraced drug use and homosexuality.
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    Bay of Pigs

    A failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. (Political)
  • Berkeley Free Speech Movement

    Berkeley Free Speech Movement

    Began in 1964, when students at the University of California, Berkeley protest a ban on on-campus political activities. The protest was led by several students, who also demanded their right to free speech and academic freedom.
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality that was founded in the year 1966.
  • American Indian Movement (AIM)

    A Native American organization founded in 1968 to protest government policies and injustices suffered by Native Americans. (Social)
  • Bakke v. U of CA

    This case upheld the legality and worth of affirmative action but admissions cannot use a quota system based on race only. (Social)
  • Enron

    An energy company that began to trade extensively in energy derivatives markets (social/political)