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Ku Klux Klan
The KKK was an organization that discriminated, intimidated, and showed violence toward Black Americans. During the civil rights movement the would bomb black schools and churches, and were violent towards black and white activists in the south -
Korean War
Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th Parallel. The Korean war was short but very bloody. Nearly 5 million people died. -
Brown v. Board of Education
United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws establishing that public schools should be desegregated. -
Warsaw Pact
mutual defense organization that put the soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states -
Vietnam War
The vietnam war was a cold war-era military conflict that occurred in vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S government was involved in the war as a way to prevent communist from taking over south vietnam -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formally all white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. There attendance at the school was a test of Brown Vs. Board of Education. -
The Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the U,S to be the first to get to space. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA launched what its leader believe would be a definitive strike. However, the invasion didn't go well. The invaders were badly outnumbered by Castro's troops. They surrendered less than 24 hours of fighting -
John F Kennedy Assasination
President Kennedy was murdered while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza, shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Civil Rights Act Passed
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination -
Martin Luther King Assasinated
Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr was assasinated by James Earl Ray -
Watergate Scandal
several burglars were arrested in the office of the democratic National Committee, the burglars were connected to President Nixon. They had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents