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Cold War
From 1945 to 1991, was the Cold War. Which involved the Soviet Union, the United States, North Vietnam, and North Korea. This war was to help prevent communism from spreading. -
Indochina
In Vietnam December 1946 and August 1954 between the
Viet Minh and French for control of France. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Civil Right Leader in the mid-1950s, fighting for African American right. He was also Pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Received a Nobel prize -
Malcolm X
The activist for Black Muslim Faith, van African American who fought forrien non-violent groupd called the Black Panther. He was known for saying “by any means necessary”. Apart of Nation of Islam, and died in 1965 -
The Korean War
The United States way to contain communism. The Korean War involved the United States, United Nations, Soviet Union, China, North Korea and South Korea. -
First Atomic Submarine
Named NAUTILUS, was created under President Trumans command. NAUTILUS shattered all submerged speed and distance records. -
Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
Spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other left-wing “loyalty risks” in the U.S. government. Joesph McCarthy attacked the Army in 1954 that his actions earned him the censure of the U.S. Senate. -
Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh and his communist in North Vietnam, President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. Americas ways of containing communism. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a Supreme Court decisions, the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.Seperate but equal.In this case the lawyer Thurgood Marshall used evidence from a psychologist to show segregation created feelings of inequality. Segregation had no part in public education. -
Warsaw Pact
Included Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria .The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union. -
The Space Race
During 1955-1972 the Soviet Union and United States competited in a space race to se4e who would make it to the moon first. When the Soviet Union made it into space first that wasn't the end until the US “won” for landing on the moon. -
Emmett Till’s Murder
Was killed because he was flirting with a white woman 4 days earlier. Emmett Till was assassination by the woman’s husband and brother. -
Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Park Refuses to give up her seat at the front of the ”colored section.” To a white passenger. The Civil Rights Movement was lead by mainly African Americans fighting for equal rights. -
The “Little Rock Nine”
All 9 African American students attended Little Rock High School. They fought against school segregation. -
Hippie Culture
1960s-1970s; flower power, counter culture movement, folk music and psychedelic rock, believed in happiness and peace, sought out the meaning of life, natural colors, vest, denim clothing, and patched jeans, ripped or torn pants -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs was an attempt to invade Cuba in 1961. When Kennedy failed to give the exiles air cover and their invasion failed. -
CORE
Core stands for Congress of Racial Equality. It was also and African American organization like the NAACP. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets were trying to install nuclear missiles in Cuba and America found out.The closest the world has came to a nuclear war. -
George Wallace, Governor of Alabama
America most outspoken supporter of racial segregation, fought integration. He stood in the door way of the University of Alabama to stop 2 black students from walking in. -
Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr was a civil rights activist. His speech was to explain how he felt about changing the ways of Americans how they treat other. -
Assasination on JFK
Was shot in his car by Lee Harvey Oswald, right next to his wife. He was still alive until he arrived at the hospital where he was pronounced dead. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Was called "War on Poverty". Was responsilbe for creating Medicare and Medicaid, Immigration Act of 1965, and Housing and Urban Development Act. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
After a supposed attack on American shipd, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Which gave Johnson extraordinary powers of intervention. -
Los Angeles Riots
Six days of rioting causing $40 million in damage. Just because a black man being arrested for drunk drivng. In order to try and overthrow the government for their rights. -
War Protests
Vietnam war protests 1960s-1970s, against the American involvement in Vietnam war, small–among peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campuses Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) -
Assassination of Robert F Kennedy
Was being escorted through a kitchen pantry in the Ambassador Hotel. When Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan started firing a .22 pistol and Kennedy was shot multiple times. -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Festival was a three day concert filled with sex, drugs, and rock n' roll, plus mud. Located in New York and was an icon in the 1960s in hippie counter culture. -
Vietnamization
President Nixon's plan for gradual withdrawl of United States forces with South Vietnamese. He also increased bombing in Vietnam. -
Hawks vs Doves.
Congress divided America into 2 camps Hawks vs Doves. Hawks who supported Johnson's war policy. While Doves were against Johnson's policy. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixon's attempt at covering up an executive led break in at the Watergate office complex. He also forced the Supreme Court to hand over tapes of White House conversations. -
Paris Peace Accords
North Vietnam and Viet cong that ended the vietnam war. Ceasefire agreement and fell to communism. -
Jimmy Carter
Georgia's 76th governor in January 12, 1971. Jimmy Carter had also became the 39th president of the United States. He was elected as a Washingtons “outsider” (1977-1981) -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
Half the fuel melted in one of two nuclear reactors on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa. Large quantities of radioactivity leaked from the reactor, but most of it was contained. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Shah of Iran was overthrown.Than the United States Embassy staff were held hostage by Iranian students for over a year. -
John Lennon's Murder
John Lennon was shot and killed out side of his New York Apartment. By one of his crazed fans who had been hanging around his apartment for a few days. -
Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
(1981-1989) Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the united Staes. Reaganomics was a recipe to fix the nation’s economic mess. He created the Reagan Doctrine which were anti-communist fighters in Afganistan, Grenada, and Nicaragua. -
Assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., outside of Washington Hilton Hotel.Who had fired six bullets at the president. When one ricocheted off Reagan's limousine, and tore into his left lung missing his heart by an inch. -
HIV/AIDS
In 1981, HIV/AIDS were first mentioned in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and was later determined as HIV. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
In the Soviet Union. Mikhail assumed power and attempted reforms. Glasnost ("openness") allowed peopole to openly crticize governement and suggests change. Perestroika ("restructuring") allowed limited free enterprise to stimulate the economy. -
The Falling of the Berlin Wall/ Fall of Communism/ Breakup of Soviet Union
1989-1992, Germans brought down the Berlin Wall, which represented the Iron Curtain. The fall of Berlin Wall was due to communism.
