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The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power.
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War between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
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Pres. Truman signs an act ending WWII.
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Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP
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Became a leader of The Nation of Islam.
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Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
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Worldwide series of political movements for equality
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The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon).
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African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus.
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Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, started his career in the early 50's. Although he had many songs before 'Hound Dog', it was the single that jumpstarted his career.
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Helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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Competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to get to Space.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space.
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13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other.
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University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hoo.d
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Assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza
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North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam
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The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime and delinquency, removal of obstacles to the right to vote.
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African-American race riot that took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965.
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The Black Panther Party was founded by Huey P. Newton in 1965. Its goal was teach African Americans self defense, as well as protect them from the wrong-doings of law enforcement.
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Believed that life was about being happy.
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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
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Woodstock festival was a three day event that included, drugs, sex, and weird music that hippies pertained to.
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bortion was prohibited in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances (such as pregnancies resulting from rape or incest) in 20 states. The Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade invalidated all of these laws, and set guidelines for the availability of abortion.
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"Energy crisis" results from rise in oil prices, it signals end of long post-war economic boom for US.
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President Nixon resigned from office under threat of impeachment.
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Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism.
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Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs invented the first apple computers. The first home computer was the Apple Lisa.
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Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that was popularized in dance clubs in the mid-1970s.
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U.S bombed a city in japan named Hiroshima in order for japan to surrender. Japan did not surrender until the second bombing to Nagasaki.
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While leaving a speaking engagement, him and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr.
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The CDC initially refers to the disease as GRID, Gay Related Immune Deficiency Disorder.When the symptoms are found outside the gay community, Bruce Voeller, biologist and founder of the National Gay Task Force, successfully lobbies to change the name of the disease to AIDS.
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First female Majority Leader in the United States.
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US had been illegally selling weapons to Iran in exchange for Iranian aid in recovering US hostages in Middle East, then using proceeds to finance rebel insurgents ("Contras") against government in Nicaragua.
