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Korean War
Chapter 25, The Cold War, Section: 2
The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea. During this war we learn that the United States of America fought for the South when China fought for the North. The Korean War lasted from the 25th of June 1950 to the 27th of July 1953. -
Vietnam War
Chapter 29, The Vietnam War Era, Sections: 1-5: The Vietnam War or also known as the Second Indochina War occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. This war lasted from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The Vietnam War was a long war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam -
Hippie Movement
Chapter 30, An Era of Protest And Change, Section: 1 The Hippie Movement was known as a youth movement in the United States in the early 1960s and this traveled through the world. Many people thought that this counterculture was all about sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, and this is how people described the youth generation. Most of that was correct but what many didnt know was that these so called "hippies" wanted to explore diffrent routes and do this spiritually. -
University of Alabama Integration
On May 16, the federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to let African American students named Vivien, and James during summer sessions. Governor George Wallace wanted to prevent the school's integration even if it "required that he stand in the schoolhouse door." Wallace was very against integration, he earned a nationwide reputation for white resistance. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was shot by a snipper while he was traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Governor John Connally and Connally's wife. John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who was acting alone. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party orignial name was the Black Panther Party for Self-defense.The Black Panther Party is a Marxist revolutionary group that calls for arming all African Americans from the release of jail, draft, and etc. The orignial purpose of the Black Panther Party was to protect the African American neighbourhoods and to protect the residents from acts of police brutality. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy took place shortly after midnight on June 5,1968, in Los Angeles, California. It took place during the campaign season for the United States Presidential election. Kennedy was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel. He later died in the Good Samaritan hospital twenty-six hours later. Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant, was convicted of Kennedy's murder and is now serving a life in prison for the crime. -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The Ping-Pong diplomacy was the exchange of tabe tennis between the United states and People's Republic of China. On April 6, the U.S. Table Tennis team recieved an invitation to visit China for the 31st World Trade Tennis Championships. This was important because it showed that China was open to better relations with the United States. It also allowed China and the U.S. to talk about serious issues going on. -
Bryant- Denny Stadium In Alabama
The stadium named Bryant-Denny Stadium, was named after president George H. Denny and Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. This stadium has the seating capaity of 101,821 and is the fourth largest stadium in the SEC, but better yet the tenth largest stadium in the world. This stadium is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States and is the home stadium for the University of Alabama football team. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisi was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Iran. There were fifty-two American diplmats and citizens held hostage for 444 days because Iranian students from the Muslim Student Followers of the Inman's Line took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The president Jimmy Carter called the hostages, "victims of terrorism and anarchy." But on January 20, 1981 the hostages were let go. -
Death of John Lennon
John Lennon was an English Musician who gained fame because he was a member of "The Beatles," and also for his political activism and pacifism. John was shot to death by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of where he lived in New York City. John was pronounced dead on the arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. -
Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
Sixty-nine days into United Sates President Ronald Reagan presidency he was almost assassinated. While he was speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C. Reagan and three others were shot and injured by John Hinckley Jr.. Ronald was shot in the chest and in the lower right arm, he only suffered a puntured lung and heavy internal bleeding. -
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Forrest Gump
