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Korean War
The Korean War was from 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953.It was a war between South Korea supported by the United Nations, and North Korea supported by China and the Soviet Union. South Korea and America were fighting against communism. America was trying use the methodof Containment. While North jkorea was fighting for Communism. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis. This Crisiswas that the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. President Eisenhower had an intervention which then the attended the school. -
SDS
SDA VideoStudents for a Democratic Society (SDS)was a student activist movement in the United States.It developed and expanded quickly in the mid -60s. It was over and fell apart at its last convention in 1969. -
Assination of JFK
JFK SHooting,
JFK was the 35th president and was assinated at 12:30 p.m.on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. JFKwas shot by a sniper while traveling in a presidential motorcade.A ten-month investigation from November 1963 to September 1964 by the Warren Commission said that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK and that Jack Ruby killed Oswald before he could go on trial. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
LBJ sign Civil Rights Act 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a piece of civil rights legislation in the United States. It outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at work and public facilities. -
Black Panther
Black Panther VideoFounded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966, It was a black revolutionary socialist organization that was active in the US from 1966 until 1982. The Black Panther Party got national and international fame through its involvement in the Black Power movement and US politics of the 1960s and 1970s. -
First Man on The Moon
Moon Landing Video
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went on the moon.Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface on July 2..They spent over 2 hours out the spacecraft and collected 47.5 pounds of of lunar material back to earth. -
Shooting of Governor Wallace
Gvnr Wallace Shooting
Was the 45th governor of Alabama .May 15, 1972, he was shot five times by Arthur Bremer while at Laurel Shopping Center campaigning in Laurel, Maryland. One of the bullets hit his spinal column leaving him paralayzed from waist down for the rest of his life. -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate Scandal Video
Nixon hired men to help him win election again.illegal activities included campaign fraud, political espionage and sabotage, illegal breakak-ins, improper tax audits, illegal wiretapping, and funds used to pay those men.Richard Nixon’s resignation, the first and only resignation of a serving president, took place on August 9,1974. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. Southern Alabama and North Florida were hit very hard.Rain was at about 13 inches in Alabama. It was a destructive wide spread storm. -
John Lennon Assination
John Lennon was an English musician who got worldwide fame as being the founder of the Beatles.He was shot by Mark David Chapman in front of the building where he lived.The Dakota, in New York City on 8 December 1980 is where and when he was shot.John lennon was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. -
Reagan Assination Attempt
The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981. He was leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C.President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded. John Hinckley, Jr.was the one responsible for the shooting.
