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United Nations
The five members permanent of the U.N. are The United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union(Russia), and China. The U.N. is a peace keeping organization whose headquarters are in New York City. The U.N. was used in 1945 at the Yalta Conference. The U.N. is important to history because if it wasn't for the U.N. we might have been in another world war. The U.N. impacted politics because The U.N. handled many of the worlds issues and helped sort them out, and they still do that today. -
NATO/Warsaw Pact
NATO is made up of the WWll Allies. NATO stood for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, members agreed to help one another if they were attacked(political and military alliance). NATO was founded in April 1949, their headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium. NATO is important to history because it stop communism from spreading to other countries. NATO impacted politics because it made sure that no other countries turn communist. -
Joe McCarthy
This event is about Joe McCarthy. McCarthy is a senator from Wisconsin and in 1953 he accused 57 State Department employees of being Communist, he never had any evidence to prove his claim. Many people were fired and others were afraid to defend accused workers. people stopped believing McCarthy after he said that there were communists in the Army and was censured. This was important to history because many people lost their jobs. This impacted politics because it may have started the Red Scare. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education was a court case about Oliver Brown wanting his daughter to go to a segregated all white school because it was closer to there house. This took place in Topeka, Kansas in 1954. This event was important to history because if it wasn't for this case, school still might be segregated. The Brown vs. Board of Education case impacted society because this was a step in the right direction against racism. School were no longer segregate and people could be more open-minded. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was a famous singer also known as the "King of Rock 'n Roll". Elvis Presley was the most popular from the years 1956 to 1973. Elvis had 94 gold singles, 40 gold albums, and starred in 33 films. Elvis impacted society because he was one of the biggest influences on pop culture and rock 'n roll. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis involved John F. Kennedy, the leader of the United States, and Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union gave Cuna weapons and built missile bases. American U-2 spy plane took photos of the missile sites on Cuba. This event is important to history because this is the closest we've ever gotten to a nuclear war in history. This impacted politics because it created tension between the Soviet Union and The United States. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
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Jimmy Carter
This is about Jimmy Carter's presidency. President Carter only ran for one term, he ran from 1976-1980, he was part of the republican party. Some thing that happened during his presidency were the Helsinki Agreement and the Olympic Boycott in 1980. Another event was that Americans were taken hostages by Iranians. His presidency impacted economics because Carter passed the Social Security Act. -
George W. Bush
This is about George W. Bush and his presidency. He was president for to terms. Many thing happened during Bush's presidency such as 9/11 and Saddam Hussein's execution. His presidency was important to history because Bush started the search for Al-Qaeda. This impacted society because they later found and killed Osama Bin Laden. -
Barack Obama's Inauguration
This event involves Barack Obama. Barack Obama's Inauguration was a ceremony to officially make him president of the United states. Obama's inauguration took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at Washington D.C. Over one million people came to watch the inauguration and millions more tuned in on television and on the internet.
